It's not just White folks.
Do you ever feel uncomfortable doing these things?
Ever heard the phrase "you're acting your color?" Ugh.
There are a lot of controversial moments, works, and speeches in African-American history; not just significant and progressive works but controversial ones that introduced a radical idea to the African-American framework, incited action and/or changed the way some interpreted the plight of Blacks in the diaspora. This list does not include the “I Have A […]
(Lexington Herald) –The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s decision to hire nine Ebonics translators for the Southeast region briefly reignited a 40-year debate over whether African-American speech constitutes a separate language. The translators are expected to help the agency decipher wiretapped telephone conversations of suspected drug dealers who speak in the African-American vernacular, which some people […]
Black English is a seemingly still water that runs deep.
by Charing Ball Well for those worried about finding a job in the recession, I got a hot lead for you: The Justice Department is looking for translators. Don’t speak a foreign language, you say? No worries, this job requires no travel overseas and no expensive college courses in French, Mandarin or Spanish. All you […]