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Ex-Pa. trooper claims he was fired over Ebonics
Associated Press ^
| 12/05/2012
| JOE MANDAK, Associated Press
Posted on 12/05/2012 1:57:11 PM PST by Responsibility2nd
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To: Apparatchik
“I bet their first clue was him signing it with an “X”. “
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Good one !
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posted on
12/05/2012 2:57:05 PM PST
by
Mears
To: Responsibility2nd
sounds like a good reason
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posted on
12/05/2012 2:57:27 PM PST
by
GeronL
(http://asspos.blogspot.com)
To: Responsibility2nd
Okay
I hate affect and effect
affect is a verb
effect is a noun
Fo’ shizzle
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posted on
12/05/2012 2:57:56 PM PST
by
KosmicKitty
(WARNING: Hormonally crazed woman ahead!!)
To: kabumpo
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posted on
12/05/2012 2:59:18 PM PST
by
trisham
(Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
To: Responsibility2nd; trisham; KosmicKitty
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posted on
12/05/2012 3:02:25 PM PST
by
Hoodat
("As for God, His way is perfect" - Psalm 18:30)
To: KosmicKitty
Affect is also a noun. Mostly used in psychology.
To: PapaBear3625
Ah, so, in other words, it could have been extortion, under color of authority.
To: Hoodat
To: Responsibility2nd
Seems to me his complaint should be against the education system that allowed him to graduate or receive a GED without having the basic skills of proper English, reading and writing. All written statements, reports, etc., prepared by law enforcement officials can at any time be subpoenaed, and introduced as evidence in a court of law. That's why it's important that they be written legibly, make sense, and are factual.
I live in New York State, and can remember several years ago, when the State was offering minorities remedial reading classes at CUNY, for those interested in taking the Civil Service exam to become a State Trooper. The State was having problems finding enough minorities that could get a passing score on the exam.
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posted on
12/05/2012 3:25:40 PM PST
by
mass55th
(Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway...John Wayne)
To: KosmicKitty
"Affect" and "effect", as written, can both be verbs or nouns.
The distinction is not syntactical but lexical.
To: PapaBear3625
He would have resigned except he couldn’t spell it.
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posted on
12/05/2012 3:47:28 PM PST
by
donhunt
(Certified and proud "Son of a Bitch".)
To: Hoodat
“Affectively” is exactly how libs would PREFER cops to do their work (Unless, of course, they are dealing with conservatives;)
To: MamaTexan
Do you mean his customers complained that he was handing out tickets in “rap music”.
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posted on
12/05/2012 3:54:54 PM PST
by
donhunt
(Certified and proud "Son of a Bitch".)
To: LouAvul
Give him a break. He’s one of the “Village People”.
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posted on
12/05/2012 3:56:37 PM PST
by
donhunt
(Certified and proud "Son of a Bitch".)
To: KosmicKitty
That be the lawyer, not the reporter. The quote is lifted from the complaint.
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posted on
12/05/2012 3:57:28 PM PST
by
EDINVA
To: EDINVA
"Plaintiff was judge by different and more harsh standards"
"That be the lawyer, not the reporter. The quote is lifted from the complaint"
LOL! How unintentionally hilarious. I think I'd hire another attorney....
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posted on
12/05/2012 4:14:23 PM PST
by
boop
("I need another Cutty Sark"-LBJ)
To: Responsibility2nd
He claims he was fired for being black. He's wrong. He was
hired for being black. He was fired for being stupid. I didn't know that was still legal.
Probably isn't.
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posted on
12/05/2012 4:21:13 PM PST
by
BfloGuy
(Workers and consumers are, of course, identical.)
To: Responsibility2nd
Years ago, I was introduced to diversity. I had a boss who spoke and wrote in ebonics. It drove me nuts. I’d have to read papers multiple times to understand exactly what he meant. He’d say “pepper treater” instead of “perpetrator” and was easily confused with non-ebonic words such as “cistern” to which he had to ask what the sister had to do with getting water. He must have skipped several steps in the Peter Principal. A change of divisions brought a new muslim boss who announced on the first day he didn’t like me. Say what? That was back before I knew about muslim men hating left handed white women and especially those who knew more than them. A client had given me some watermelons so I tried to make peace by giving him one only to have him jump backwards out of my office like I had shoved a snake in his face. He hollered and wouldn’t touch it. How these stupid evil morons get hired, much less get promoted, is mind boggling.
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posted on
12/05/2012 4:25:29 PM PST
by
bgill
(We've passed the point of no return. Welcome to Al Amerika.)
To: KosmicKitty
In addition, there is no reason for the comma before “because” in that sentence.
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posted on
12/05/2012 4:25:40 PM PST
by
Bigg Red
(Sorry, Mr. Franklin, I guess we couldn't keep it.)
To: Responsibility2nd
HR Manager: “Trooper Peake, you are being asked to resign.”
Trooper Peake: “You are firing me because I am BLACK!”
HR Manager: “No Trooper Peake. We HIRED you because you are BLACK. We are firing you because you are INCOMPETENT.”
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