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Originally Posted by mccoyred
I am actually glad this topic came up.
I was at my cousin's house and was having a conversation with her step-mother, Kay, who was telling us about how her grandson got in trouble with his mother, her son's baby mama. Kay kept her grandson for several weeks over the summer (he was about 3 or so) and the child's mother told Kay that she better not keep teaching her son to 'act white'. In exasperation, Kay explained to us that the child now says 'Please' and 'Ma'am' and excuses himself when he needs to interrupt a conversation, in the babymama's words, acting white. Kay is trying to teach the child some home training and this hoodrat of a babymama is trying to teach the child to stay ignorant. Shame.....
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That's horrible. People share this sentiment on the college level too, though. I am very well spoken, but when I was an undergrad, I had several people look at me funny when I pronounced words correctly. I'm like "Are you serious? Why are you here if you want to remain ignorant?"