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College Writing Center Declares American Grammar A ‘Racist,’ ‘Unjust Language Structure’
dailycaller.com ^ | 2/20/17 | Rob Shimshock

Posted on 02/20/2017 1:37:04 PM PST by ColdOne

An “antiracist” poster in a college writing center insists American grammar is “racist” and an “unjust language structure,” promising to prioritize rhetoric over “grammatical ‘correctness.'”

The poster, written by the director, staff, and tutors of the University of Washington, Tacoma’s Writing Center, states “racism is the normal condition of things,” declaring that it permeates rules, systems, expectations, in courses, school and society.

“Linguistic and writing research has shown clearly for many decades that there is no inherent ‘standard’ of English,” proclaims the writing center’s statement. “Language is constantly changing. These two facts make it very difficult to justify placing people in hierarchies or restricting opportunities and privileges because of the way people communicate in particular versions of English.”

In the introduction to its “commitment” section, the Tacoma Writing Center pledges to “listen and look carefully and compassionately for ways we may unintentionally perpetuate racism or social injustice, actively engaging in antiracist practices” before making nine specific promises to students.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Washington
KEYWORDS: american; americanenglish; college; education; english; grammar; killingenglish; stupidliberals; tacoma; tacomawritingcenter; university; washington; what; writing; youhavetobekiddingme
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1 posted on 02/20/2017 1:37:04 PM PST by ColdOne
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To: ColdOne

Dat all jakt up, u feel me? 4reels.


2 posted on 02/20/2017 1:38:26 PM PST by humblegunner
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To: ColdOne

So this is how language dies ... not with a bang, but with a thunderous “Yo yo yo muthafu**a, big up yo is dahn wit dat dog yo wat it iz”.

Could also be the genesis of ‘newspeak’


3 posted on 02/20/2017 1:38:46 PM PST by edh (I need a better tagline)
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To: ColdOne

Oh stewardess, I speak jive...


4 posted on 02/20/2017 1:39:19 PM PST by silverleaf (Age takes a toll: Please have exact change)
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To: ColdOne

So no language should have a structure because it changes over time? There are to be no rules that defines nouns and verbs and where they are placed in a sentence? This is sheer stupidity.


5 posted on 02/20/2017 1:39:32 PM PST by Crucial
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To: ColdOne

Rules are racist because stupid people cannot understand them?


6 posted on 02/20/2017 1:39:32 PM PST by bravo whiskey (Never bring a liberal gun law to a gun fight.)
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To: humblegunner; edh

You guys nailed it in the first two replies.

Everyone involved should be looking for a job.


7 posted on 02/20/2017 1:40:43 PM PST by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: ColdOne

Please tell me this is a joke.....


8 posted on 02/20/2017 1:41:43 PM PST by GuavaCheesePuff
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To: ColdOne

“Cash me ousside, how bow dah”, says the white girl...


9 posted on 02/20/2017 1:41:45 PM PST by CrappieLuck
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To: ColdOne

You know, I can apply this same school of thought to mathematics and *finally* prove that 1 = 2.

Actually, we can do away with any conversion to the metric system since we can now say “inch” when we mean “centimeter” and vice versa since it is racist to correct any aspects of language now.


10 posted on 02/20/2017 1:42:19 PM PST by edh (I need a better tagline)
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To: ColdOne

The writers of the AP Styleguide and English text books would disagree.


11 posted on 02/20/2017 1:43:49 PM PST by tbw2
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To: ColdOne

Actually, there is plenty of “racism”

These people, the Dims, the Dim constituencies, U professors, Presidents, regents, deans, et al

NAACP LaRaza The Race, CAIR, ACLU . . . more


12 posted on 02/20/2017 1:48:19 PM PST by A_Former_Democrat ("Liberalism is a mental disorder" On FULL Display NOW BOYCOTT Mexico NFL PepsiCO Kellogg's)
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To: bravo whiskey

>>Rules are racist because stupid people cannot understand them?

Refer to The Bell Curve. These people are dumbing themselves down to caveman levels.


13 posted on 02/20/2017 1:51:23 PM PST by Bryanw92 (If we had some ham, we could have ham and eggs, if we had some eggs.)
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To: ColdOne

Declare the English language racist? Our beautiful language is beautiful because of the rules regarding structure, spelling and punctuation. For a long time teachers have been actively eroding our once proud language. Our daughter brought home a paper with misspellings and lacking any punctuation. She received an “A” and when we questioned the grade, in view of the mistakes, the teacher blew us off with “I don’t mark on spelling and punctuation, as long as the thoughts are there.” I’m sure there are worse examples in other courses of study but that was in 1973.

Common core has some horrible examples in simple arithmetic.


14 posted on 02/20/2017 1:52:49 PM PST by BatGuano (You don't think I'd go into combat with loose change in my pocket, do ya?)
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To: bravo whiskey
Rules are racist because stupid people cannot understand them?

Yours is probably the best summation I have seen so far on the issue.

But these people are not only stupid; they're also dangerous and must be stopped.

15 posted on 02/20/2017 1:53:28 PM PST by 60Gunner (The price of apathy towards public affairs is to be ruled by evil men. - Plato)
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To: ColdOne

Would the twits at this place be able to present any definitive examples to back up their assumptions?


16 posted on 02/20/2017 1:54:32 PM PST by Bloody Sam Roberts (Good judgement comes from experience. And experience? Well, that comes from poor judgement.)
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To: Bryanw92

I refer to proper US English now as “American” and the patois of low-IQ people as “poor English”. I actually describe people as being unable to “speak American”.


17 posted on 02/20/2017 1:54:33 PM PST by kearnyirish2 (Affirmative action is economic warfare against white males (and therefore white families).)
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To: ColdOne

I guess African languages don’t have any grammar, so Africans can’t be expected to learn it. No, wait, they all have grammar and with my quick look at Swahili it looked more complicated than English grammar.


18 posted on 02/20/2017 1:55:45 PM PST by KarlInOhio (a government contract becomes virtually a substitute for intellectual curiosity - Pres. Eisenhower)
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To: Bryanw92

That remark is insulting to cavemen.


19 posted on 02/20/2017 1:56:22 PM PST by bigredkitty1 (March 5, 2010. Rest in peace, sweet boy. I will miss you, Big Red.)
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To: ColdOne

I declare the Writing Center has lost its marbles.

5.56mm


20 posted on 02/20/2017 1:56:58 PM PST by M Kehoe
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