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Originally posted by PositivelyAKA:
to the ladies of Sigma Gamma Rho i hope you don't mind me posting on your board  just thought this topic was interesting. i think speech and diction are a part of one's educational upbringing. i think all of our kids should speak proper english, its just the way of the business world. but outside of the interview setting etc. i think people should talk in the manner that is most comfortable to them, whether its ebonics, slang, southern, northern, valley etc. and folks should not hate on them for it. i think when we associate "proper english" as a european virtue then we set back years of trying to help folks to see that race and intellectual capacity are too separate things. we are all products of our environment in some way and that's not always a bad thing.
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I'm sure you are aware of the difference between good diction and intonation. I'm also sure you are aware that American Standard English is almost 90% European. Although we live here in America, it is not our natural language; therefore speaking it OUR WAY does not reflect a lack of intelligence on our part. Ebonics is an artistic, cultural twist on an already diluted language. As with the variations of dialect, it should be respected and accepted as well. When Cubans go to Puerto Rico, they speak Spanish and are accepted. Why can't our own people accept OUR VERSION of American English. After all, aren't we really discussing the fact that many of our people really want to shed our racial identity ANY way they can?