Money quote:
Rickford recommended that writing teachers in American schools teach BVE speakers “the linguistics of both [BVE] and standard English, instead of outlawing the vernacular and attempting to standardize language.”
Bilingual education for blacks. /src on/That is the ticket to increase test scores./src off/
If you sound like a dumbass... you probably are.
> the way African-Americans speak
That’s racist!
liberals say blacks are too dumb to speak correctly and must be pandered to. The silent bigotry of lowered expectations. But blacks keep voting Dem, no matter what! Maybe they will see the light.
Joe Biden likes his blacks, ‘clean and articulate’.
I’ve been in places where two urban language speakers were talking to each other, and could not understand a word. It’s amazing that they can understand it. It’s like a whole new dialect.
If the HR folks can’t understand what you say they will not be inclined to favor your application over others by people who can speak understandably.
The three most intelligent black guys I knew all spoke perfect English, other than the one that liked to josh us now and then by pretending to go ghetto..
Duh, guess that “Prof” got a Captain Obvious degree from the university of high school dropouts.
Professor Rickford says “Black Vernacular English” is viewed as less “trustworthy, intelligent and well-educated” than so-called (?) standard “white” English.......” Are obvious observations like this how you become a professor?
If you watch British television, you see that British blacks speak with British or Caribbean accents, not ‘black’ accents. First time I noticed this was during the 60s when the UN ambassador from Ghana spoke. Close your eyes and you heard an English accent.
Speakers of “Black English” discriminate against black people who speak “White English,” so it’s a wash.
Strange how African Blacks speak the Queen’s English impeccably. It’s the American Blacks who take pride in speaking Ebonics. Whose fault is that?
If a group sets themselves apart from the main stream through alternate linguistics (among other things), they can expect to receive a different reaction. It’s purely their choice if they want to be associated with ebonics or standard American English or maybe elevate their vernacular by expanding their vocabulary in excess of that of mainstream America.
I believe we all have the capability of speaking well, regardless of race.
“dismantling this construction is part of the fight for racial justice”
LOL, you’ll never dismantle that and it has nothing to do with racial injustice, rather culture. You don’t hear that ebonics type crap from people born and raised in the suburbs and rural areas, even though some of them may be difficult to understand, it has nothing to do with their race.
These Stanford people need to get out more into the real world and stop imagining things.
Duh!
Sorry, but a -
1/ Goofy, difficult to pronounce first name, and ...
2/ A “May I AXE who’s calling?” on the telephone, and ...
2/ I be, you be, he bees conjugation
doesn’t easily fit in the world of professional business.
My mother in law was the daughter of two Russian immigrants, and attended public school in Brooklyn. Early on, she was put in a speech therapy class to kill both the Russian and “Noo Yawk” accents. She spoke the King’s English for all of her years.
If we weren’t so hung up on this tribalism krap, that could be easily done. In my airline career, I came in contact with literally thousands of Blacks who were not accent limited. Who the hell cares what language or accent you speak with at home - when you’re outta the house, leave it there!
Half my family were Scottish immigrants - I went tae firs’ grade wi’ a Glasgow burr. I leave that at home, too.
Fixed it.
Hey, 'Professor' (sic) John Rickford, maybe, just maybe “Black Vernacular English” is viewed as less “trustworthy, intelligent and well-educated” than standard English because it is less “trustworthy, intelligent and well-educated” than standard English.
-PJ