[kb2614]

She speaks proper English, not Ebonics

That brings back memories of my days in the USAF. It was the politically correct, Clinton infected 90's (1997) and I made a sarcastic remark about ebonics. I immediatly got scolded by the prim and proper training NCO. She didn't appreciate my remark. She's black, I 'm evil honkey boy :-). Oh the memories. I miss some things from my Air Force days, not that one though. I don't know what its like now, but it was infested with PC BS then.

[armydawg1]

"At Parkview, the parents and students consider their school the crème de la crème of public schools, the clientele upper-crust perhaps and at the very least middle-class."

The key word here: "Public"

Hang in there young lady and make something of yourself.

And yes, PC does permeate the military even now, especially the Air Force....ask the Chaplins at the Air Force Academy.

[Arrowhead1952]

I miss some things from my Air Force days, not that one though. I don't know what its like now, but it was infested with PC BS then.

I've been in the military since 1972, and it is worse now than it's ever been before.

[manwiththehands]

My experience in the Air Force during the 80's was that the more intelligent blacks that I worked with (we worked in electronics) rarely used Ebonics. The less than smart worked in supply or the kitchen and they spoke in nothing but "jive".

I think it was Dave Barry who said the British sound smart because of their accents. People can sound really stupid, too speaking Ebonics.

[LiberationIT]

I've often wondered how Dr. King's "I have a dream" speech would sound delivered in ebonics.

It would have lessened the speech's effect.