Black = Education-less?

[tld221]

the thing is, im sure she means it as "coming" but didnt using those interchangeably stop being cool about... no wait. it was never cool. even in AOL chat rooms 15 years ago.

[ladygreek]

@dmost, you might want to check the dates of the posts to which you are responding.

[mccoyred]

Originally Posted by ladygreek

@dmost, you might want to check the dates of the posts to which you are responding.

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.....

[knight_shadow]

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.....

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?"

[tld221]

Originally Posted by knight_shadow

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?"

Seriously - my freshman year, my white friends said i sounded too "black" when pronouncing words like "water" and "dinner" (r-less-ness and all) but my black friends said i sounded too white pronouncing "milk" and "mother."

i didnt even know you can pronounce "milk" any other way!

[knight_shadow]

Originally Posted by tld221

Seriously - my freshman year, my white friends said i sounded too "black" when pronouncing words like "water" and "dinner" (r-less-ness and all) but my black friends said i sounded too white pronouncing "milk" and "mother."

IIRC, you're in NYC, right? When I lived on the east coast, I only heard "water" and "dinner" pronounced one way (black, white, or otherwise). Interesting.

i didnt even know you can pronounce "milk" any other way!

Exactly! lol

I actually started going out of my way to make sure folks used proper grammar when speaking with me (ex. I'd correct them mid-sentence). When I started doing that, I didn't really hear much about my "white-isms" :shrug: