Posted on 09/21/2005 4:56:30 AM PDT by abigail2
The same way anyone else can.
Thanks for the ping!
Would the same apply the white southerners with a thick accent who use colloquialisms?
If a person's individual accent reflects their geographic area where they live, fair enough, but when their speech reflects the lifestyle they choose to live, that is fair game to address.
What I cannot understand is why so many Black Americans I have met from the Philly area speak such a perfect English and always dress so properly, it is almost a stereotype to me.
Serious, There is 4 families in my Church from Philly, these women all speak PERFECT English, and I almost never hear any white person speak so clearly and pronounce so accurately, I dunno!
I actually made an experiment once in my home area, when I met a Black person who was openly (exceedingly) kind or appeared very smart, I asked them where they were from. None were from my local area, and 90% were from Philly. (I asked maybe 15 people before I felt I was just being paranoid or something, but the coincidence surprised me. The normal middle class acting Black Americans I met I didn't ask, after all, they acted just like me, and I aint from Philly.)
I concluded it was just something in the schools in their area they grew up in, or, they must have come from devout religious families or something, but I was stunned to my beebers.
SEE? I told you I wasn't from Philly!! LOL!
There are countless good Black role models--from Oprah to Tina Turner to Condoleezza Rice to Walter Williams to Herman Cain to..........and most of all: all of those millions of fine, good, outstanding people who do their jobs, take care of their families, teach their children to be good people, go to church, are good citizens! This is success in itself. But if Americans of African descent--or any descent!--want to be prosperous, their best bet is to get an education--and insist that their children do--and disregard the self-serving propaganda of the Marxist Left.
Not me!
Not many people, I'm sure.
"It's general advice that, with a few modifications, can be applied to any person regardless of race. It can be applied to one person or millions."
Sort of. By giving the suggestion, that clearly indicates you see the suggestion as significant.
"This problem is NOT a race issue."
- Agreed. There will always be poor people because of the human condition, regardless of race. You can't rescue people from poverty by giving them handouts; that only creates dependency and self loathing exacerbating the problem. Opportunities abound in this country; if they are poor there is generally a good explanation as to why. Individual responsibility is the single greatest factor.
No, I could clearly see by the tone of your post where you were going with your questions. To me the suggestions weren't significant, they were typical. I saw Coleman Young and now, Kwami Kilpatrick do it as mayors of Detroit for almost 30 years. Instead of addressing the problem it gets buried while putting the person asking the question on the defensive.
I grew up in Hamtramck which is a very small but highly racially mixed city surrounded on all 4 sides by Detroit. I did 3 years as a substitute teacher in the Detroit and Hamtramck public school systems. The things I pointed out where problems that I saw with my own eyes. I don't need any charts, surveys or reports to tell me what I witnessed on a daily basis.
Hard work, a positive attitude and lots of faith in God... the way everyone else does it. This isn't a race issue, it's a personal ambition issue.
To allow it's Children to Denigrate Education as "Too White" is a MONUMENTAL FAILURE of it's Culture!!
There exists Virtually NO "Racist American Belief Systems!"
The ONLY RACISTS in AMERICA, in the past 30 years, have been BLACKS, (Jesse Jackson, Louis Farrakan, Al Sharpton)!!
We are WAY PAST "Racism;" We are ALSO "WAY PAST" the STUPIDITY which Fosters "Racial Stereotypes!"
It's Time for the "Black Best & Brightest" to "Stand UP for Their People"--for the Successful Black People to accept Responsibility for their Fellows, & Help "The Rest of Us" Drag their "Fellows" into our Successful Culture!!
We ALL "Rise or Fall--Together!!"
Doc
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