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Ted Jackson jr. s2h2 tojackso at LIBRARY.SYR.EDU
Mon Aug 2 07:36:37 EDT 1999


> From:          Christopher Bruce <kaduflyer at WORLDNET.ATT.NET>

> Definitely no place here for the racism of so-called Ebonics, we might as well
> don white sheets and burn a cross... I agree w/ Larry. No fault of Tom's that
> someone posted trash translators on the web, but he might have paused and
> thought about it for a bit. Blacks denounce Ebonics as it is used in schools
> (can you believe it?) to give them a sense of belonging to a distinct culture,
> but its been twisted by racists so badly it belongs in the dustbin with the
> Confederate flag (also no offence to Southerners implied)
>
> ChrisB
>
If there are any Afro-Americans on this list, I'd like to hear their
opinions.  What I don't need to read are those of a bunch of white
people who, like me, are clueless about ebonics...

theo



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