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[fantASTic]

To shed as much light as a corn-fed white girl can on the 'k' spelling thing...

In my sociology class, we read the biography of Assata Shakur, and this is her take on the usage of 'k' instead of 'c'. She used that commonly, for a lot of things [kourt for court, afrikan, etc]. What we were informed is that the use of the k indicates a racism or biased system. For example: she uses kourt instead of court to denote the system in which she was tried, because it was racially slanted against her. Apparently the k is used because of the KKK.

In the same light, an "afrikan" according to Assata is a black person who has "sold out" to the white-centered society.


I have no idea if there are other meanings or whatever, so please don't jump down my throat if I'm wrong!

[DSTCHAOS]

Originally Posted by fantASTic

To shed as much light as a corn-fed white girl can on the 'k' spelling thing...

In my sociology class, we read the biography of Assata Shakur. She used that commonly, for a lot of things [kourt for court, afrikan, etc]. What we were informed is that the use of the k indicates a racism or biased system. For example: she uses kourt instead of court to denote the system in which she was tried, because it was racially slanted against her. Apparently the k is used because of the KKK.

In the same light, an "afrikan" according to Assata is a black person who has "sold out" to the white-centered society.


I have no idea if there are other meanings or whatever, so please don't jump down my throat if I'm wrong!

Okay--this is Assata Shakur's take on it. She's hardly the foremost authority on such things. And I'm humored that you all were assigned her biography for your soc class.

[Tom Earp]

Well, the poster found out what she wanted and saw that she did not want to be here?

Can anyone blame Her?

Thanks for helping someone asking a question.

[OtterXO]

Originally Posted by Tom Earp

Well, the poster found out what she wanted and saw that she did not want to be here?

Can anyone blame Her?

Thanks for helping someone asking a question.

Right. Because no matter what anyone asks we should always say "GREAT!!!!! I'm sure it will work out wonderfully!!!!" She asked a question and got an honest answer from people with experience in the subject. Stop trying to turn everything into something it's not.

FWIW, the poster hasn't logged on since October 29, the day she registered and started this thread, so no one really should assume that she was turned off by the responses to this thread.

[icicle22]

Originally Posted by OTW

FWIW, the poster hasn't logged on since October 29, the day she registered and started this thread, so no one really should assume that she was turned off by the responses to this thread.

If she doesn't log on before this month is over, then I think it would be safe to say that she wasn't that interested in getting advice.

[icicle22]

Originally Posted by fantASTic

To shed as much light as a corn-fed white girl can on the 'k' spelling thing...

In my sociology class, we read the biography of Assata Shakur, and this is her take on the usage of 'k' instead of 'c'. She used that commonly, for a lot of things [kourt for court, afrikan, etc]. What we were informed is that the use of the k indicates a racism or biased system. For example: she uses kourt instead of court to denote the system in which she was tried, because it was racially slanted against her. Apparently the k is used because of the KKK.

In the same light, an "afrikan" according to Assata is a black person who has "sold out" to the white-centered society.


I have no idea if there are other meanings or whatever, so please don't jump down my throat if I'm wrong!

That reminds me...I learned of a Greek organization (I don't think it's NPHC) whose name is "Krimson Kourts".

[AlphaFrog]

Originally Posted by icicle22

That reminds me...I learned of a Greek organization (I don't think it's NPHC) whose name is "Krimson Kourts".

It's (one of the) the "sweetheart" auxiliary for Kappa Alpha Psi. I don't think it's official or anything, though.