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Originally posted by The Original Ape:
...We want to run from being of African decent anyway we can-our hairstyles, our vernacular and intonation, and any other way we can. Only our music and clothes now tie us together; and we even subjudge ourselves! We can try to run from it all we want; but to the people that really matter here, we're still a bunch of n gas. So why not take pride in ourselves!!!!
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You are correct in US taking no pride in our genetic heritage... Ironically, it takes pride in us just by the black vernacular we often use around each other... Come to find out when "summa" us use triple negatives---
"I ain't never heard nuthin' like dat..."---it follows the West Afrikan concept of no association to an object or idea whatsoever... Some nations (tribes) believe spiritually, that if they are associated with something seen as taboo or negative, the ennuciate, emphatically that they have nothing to do with that situation in their language. The idea only got transferred over as the slaves learned english. It's very, very uncanny... Then let's not talk about the derivations of english---like, yeah, right is derived from the Neanderthal... Okay...
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