[Kid Shelleen]

links to Gore's speeches may be stale ; I will try and update

[combat_boots]

I don’t like to be talked down to and think this whole talking down to someone’s level is such crap; it’s even taught in schools as a ‘social register’ or ‘non-standard English’ like it’s something good. People look at you like you’re slightly off your rocker if you try to remind them that they have less than 20 seconds to make an impression in business, from clothes to mannerisms to speech—especially for that ‘plum’ job. No one is served well by assuming they’re beneath you, when it’s obvious that the ploy is to serve you up on a stick.

I even knew a couple of people who actually turned up their twitty little noses at me at one point.

No, I didn’t slug them. It was tempting, though.

[cripplecreek]

Didn’t he play the white cop on Sanford and Son?

[poobear]

I moved to Boston to attend college for 2 semesters. No one could understand a word I was saying upon returning home to Florida. Then again, no one in Boston could understand me either for the first 6 weeks.

You adapt, but intentionally speaking “Negro” or attempting to is just plain “talking down” to other ethnic groups.

Sickening!