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1 posted on 08/06/2013 12:04:45 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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It’s not English. It will move her forward, and she knows she has to speak differently in other settings.


100 posted on 08/06/2013 7:23:12 AM PDT by xzins (Retired Army Chaplain and Proud of It! Those who truly support our troops pray for their victory!)
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"African American English"

You can put lipstick on a pig, but it's still a pig.

Leni

102 posted on 08/06/2013 7:43:32 AM PDT by MinuteGal (West-Central Florida Get-Together Brunch - Next Sat. Freepmail me @ "MinuteGal")
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104 posted on 08/06/2013 9:54:21 AM PDT by martin_fierro (< |:)~)
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Would it be wrong to point out that the article was written in “Standard English?” Had the author applied for her position using the alternative “African American English,” she would not have been hired, even as a freelancer


105 posted on 08/06/2013 10:20:26 AM PDT by EDINVA
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