Thread: Talkin' white
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Old 11-27-2000, 11:43 AM
MIDWESTDIVA MIDWESTDIVA is offline
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Original Ape,

Thank you for bringing that up. But what if a person has grown up in "the valley"? Would you not expect them to speak a certain way, regardless of race? Part of this whole talking white thing is related to locale, don't you think? Suburban children usually do speak differently than inner city children. The same way that Southerners speak differently than people on the East Coast.

I went to high school with a girl from Oakland, CA. She definitely spoke with a west coast accent. Most people where I live would probably say she speaks very proper or "white". But I know others from that region that speak the same way, and they're all Black. So how can that be considered "talking white" when everyone in a certain region speaks a certain way?

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