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[bluebeard]

Oh, here's an idea for a meme...

Let's propogate a black person's phone number across LJ, so we can laugh at how they talk!

wow. how white of you.

Comments

[kyooverse.livejournal.com]

Ok, I am adding you for the chief reason you KNOW this.

I am so tired, even in my LJ, of having people say they don't understand what I am saying when I know they are attempting to pull some linguistic racism wool over my eyes and I'll be DAMNED if I don't know better.

I am so tempted to write a post the way I would prefer to say it with all the great nuances of B/black street vernacular and then a translation entitled "honkiese."

But then, that is during moments of severe frustration...

Personally, I don't think white people are aware of what they think about it -- seeing as though they use this same language to sell each other products. *rolls eyes*

[dom-ino.livejournal.com]

I'm often amazed how much internalised racism plays a part in people.. but then, I think about it, and I'm not so much any more. Our (the US, collectively) past has made people flock with who's similar, which leads to ignorance about one another, which leads to assumptions, to hate, blah blah... White people assume about black people, gay men assume about lesbians, gay men and lesbians both assume about trannies... and vise versa, all of them. The pride talk is great and all, but it's really sad that people take it to the point that they won't consider the opinions of anyone outside their statistical-marketing-target demographic.

I think a post showing the difference between black street and "honkiese" would be fantastic. :P It's just a linguistic exercise, after all -- maybe include other English dialects? Deep southern? Brooklyn-ese?