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Why I use ebonics
Date: Wed, 4 Feb 1998 13:46:34 -0600 (CST)
From: raiseup@swbell.net (OverTiME)
To: raiseup@swbell.net
Subject: Why I Use EBONICS
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Organization: 3rdCoast Magazine. Puttin in Down fo the SOUTH.
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Wassup yall!!
This yo boy OverTiME Comin' Down....
from DEEP....
Down South.
This is the first in a series of articles fo Black History Month
created to EXPLAIN sum TRUTHFUL information on EBONICS.
There IS a Black Culture ∓mp; social fabric unlike the
mainstream media would have you BELIEVE.
And its ROOTS are thoroughly emersed in the ORAL traditions of
Blackfolk that have existed since the dayz of chattel SLAVERY.
Hip-hop being a prime example.
Along wit jazz, blues, rock & roll, r&b, funk, soul,
gospel. Thats in the United Snakes alone.
Slavery CREATED Black culture. It has world-wide ramifications
and influence. Evidence in the Afro-Cuban Santeria dance &
rituals, the dance & influence of the Brazilian Carnival,
and the historic majesty of the Caribbean.
Racism is REAL and still affects the lives of minority Amerikkkan
youth. It makes the GAME unfair from the very beginning. Becuz
EREBODY deserves and equal OPPORTUNITY. And you dont think so...
just open yo 3rd Eye and take a good look around you.
(side note: Yall probably wonder why i write 'Amerikkka'.
I have anotha article that thoroughly explains the REAL his-story
of Reconstruction, the Klan, and the Jim Crow era. Yall might
start to believe in the c-o-nspiracy 4REAL. The 29th President
of the U.S. wuz sworn into the Klan *IN* the White HouseThe same
Good Ol' Boyz have BEEN existin'.)
Yall might just overstand why i use it after reading ∓mp;
LEARNIN' sum bout how people COMMUNICATE.
To REALLY overstand each otha... Our SOULS must RELATE.
fo all the playa-haterz, nay-sayerz, & funk-fakerz: Soak
up sum of dis SPACE-AGE GAME foolz!!!!
Thanks & much LOVE to my homegirl Alicia...aka Eloquent Fury
& Ukali daown at N'COBRA.
Stay UP!
OverTiME
'I dont give a sh*t bout them STOLEN GOODZ...
You want PEZE muthafucka RAi$E UP!! out the HOOD!!' --The Coup
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Racist fools remain arrogant about their ignorance of linguistics
and African Culture.
Houston, Texas begins a National War against the securing of
white supremacy and sexism.
For more see "ebonics 3" and "prop 209 2"
at
http:/www.geocities.com/capitolhill/lobby/5224
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=DDON ARROGANT IGNORANCE
As a voracious reader, researcher, scholar, author, producer,
talk show host, musicologist DJ, and tri-lingual revolutionary
intellectual, I am always amazed by the bold fools who do not
possess a library card, and never visit a book store, who dare
to challenge my claims. I am always repulsed by the racist whites
who will NEVER heal from the WOUND that the ebonics issue has
inflicted upon their white supremacist delusions of intellectual
grandeur. I am always amused by the eurocentric Blacks who mimic
such bigoted bravado.
Those who object to ebonics are afraid to admit that anything
African can be legitimate and equivalent in any fashion. They
are tricked by=DD racist news editors who have blatantly lied
about the Oakland School Boards plans. They have absolutely no
interest in the academic failures or futures of African students.
They are singularly obsessed with the fact that uppity rebel niggers
acted to save nigger children without neocon white permission
or uncle tom apology.
Like the Oakland School Board, I will continue to ignore all
who are arrogant about their ignorance of languages and cultures.
But for those who are afrocentric and aware, I submit the following
book list as my column this week. I do so for those who are aware
that language extends far beyond vocabulary/slang to include verbal
conjugation, syntax, phonetics, articulation, cadence, enunciation,
and much more. Ebonics is a new term for an ancient issue. Research
Black english for droves of other resources.
In 1977, (Martin Luther King Junior School Children v. Ann Arbor
School Board), 30 African parents won a lawsuit that charged their
children were poorly educated, due to the lack of recognition
of Black english as a barrier to standard english instruction.
Is this news to you?
All REAL news is NEVER on TV! So, read on:
The Study of Nonstandard English- William Labov
Language in the Inner City- William Labov
Lexicon of Black English- J. Dillard
Perspectives on Black English- J. Dillard
Rappin=BC & Stylin=BC Out- Thomas Kochman
The African Element in American English- David Dalby
Issues in Black English- Bernice Cullinan
Talkin=BC & Testifyin=BC: The Language of Black America-
Geneva Smitherman
Twice as Less: Black English and the Performance of Black Students
in Mathematics & Science- Eleanor Orr
Runnin=BC Down Some Lines: The Language and Culture of Black
Teenagers- Edith Folb
Ebonics-The Language of The African American- Olufola Sababu
ETC....
Seek the truth. It will free your mind and soul. Knowledge is
power. Education is salvation. For decades, racist educators have
used Black english as a tool for academic isolation and annihilation.
In Oakland, We have reclaimed that weapon.
It is being fashioned into a TOOL for intellectual revolution
in academia. The New World Order is in progress.
The Revolution is in the STREETZ...
EBONICS:BLACK ENGLISH/WHITE WEAPON
I am proud to be a resident of Oakland, California. The city
that is home to the first school board in the nation to proclaim
that Black English is a formal language. For centuries, racist
educators have used language as a weapon to sabotage the educations
of Black english speaking students. It has been a handy tool used
to label them "retarded", warehouse them into specia
l education curriculum, and set them upon fast tracks to lifetimes
of academic failure.
In 1984, as a university senior, I wrote a paper on Black english.
My research was simultaneously inspirational and depressing. I
had proven that it was indeed a formal grammatical language. Yet,
I never expected ANY school board to extend it the respect it
so deserved.
Black english is a combination of African languages and standard
english. African Americans should be awarded linguistic medals
of honor for its creation against impossible odds. To deter rebellion
and increase fear and control, slavemasters deliberately separated
African slaves from fellow members of their tribes. Often, these
same slavemasters were functionally illiterate and ignorant of
standard english themselves. From that linguistic stew of confusion,
we fashioned a FORMAL Black english.
Black english STILL merges formal rules of African languages
like Ibo, Yoruba, Ewe, Tula, Mandinka, Wolof, and Mende. Just
as in French, many of these languages have no "th" sound.
Instead, the French speak "t". Instead, Africans speak
"d". Thus, "theatre" becomes "tayatra"
and "them" becomes "dem", respectively.
Many native African words are included in standard english vocabulary.
For example, "goober, okra, uh-huh, and uh-uh" are all
FORMAL African words. But, as Black english is slandered as mere
"slang", African contributions are also ignored. In
this racist America, everything "Black" is bad. (i.e.
Blackmail/ Blacklist/Blackball etc...) And, everything "African"
is VERY Black and VERY bad.
Black neocons and racist whites who slander and resent ebonics
are only behaving as always. They always reject all that is Black.
These same persons revere "differences" in other languages.
Shakespearean english is regarded as theatrical and scholarly.
French, Spanish, and Japanese are viewed as profitable and chic.
Clearly, Black english is NOT being rejected for its difference,
but for its BLACKNESS.
Some dare to claim that english and Black english are too similar
to be separate. This is a bogus argument for ANY subject, but
especially for languages. French is very similar to Patois, Creole,
and Spanish. But, no neocon is slandering any of these languages.
Some dare to reject Black english because elite Blacks do not
speak it. Many elite Chinese Americans do not speak Chinese. But,
no neocon would dare ignore those Chinese students who do speak
it. Some dare to claim that ebonics will increase segregation.
That is impossible! In the REAL world, We ARE segregated by race
and class more than ever before! (For evidence, see a classic
book entitled Two Nations: Hostile, Seperate, & Unequal by
Andrew Hacker.)
I am fluent in French. I can hardly imagine how difficult it
would have been to learn French without meticulously translating
english during instruction. Reading is merely speech written down.
If what is written is not what is spoken, the difficulty of the
task is intensified. Students who speak Black english are unfairly
forced to both decode and translate, simultaneously and automatically.
Just as with ALL other linguistic instruction, Ebonics will be
used as a BRIDGE to help Black students master 'standard' english.
Such mastery is mandatory for success in a world where 'standard'
english rules in every arena. Neocons fear Black english will
replace 'standard' english. Like all racist fears, this is ludicrous.
Our cultural differences are REAL. Students should not be academically
abused because of them. Ebonics will be VICTORIOUS in academia.
It will intellectually empower Black students. Keep watching Oakland
schools. You will see a sudden and drastic increase in Black honors
students and graduates. You will see far less Black students being
labeled as retarded or suspended, and dropping out.
I love Oakland!...
4REAL.(tm)
From: Hondo1631@aol.com
Date: Wed, 4 Feb 1998 03:32:27 -0500 (EST)
Subject: N'COBRA National Convention
For those who have been wondering:
N'COBRA (National Coalition of Blacks for Reparations in America)
will be holding it's 9th Annual
National Convention at Hampton University (in Virginia) this year.
It is scheduled for June 26--28 and is being hosted by the Hampton/Newport
News chapter of N'COBRA.
The theme we will UNITE around is:
"Putting It All Together: Spiritually,
Organizationally,
Economically,
Culturally,
Politically
and
Legally"
Bro. H. Khalif Khalifah, the noted publisher, author and organizer
is a leading member of this chapter. He informed me that a special
feature of this year's convention will be a guided Sunday afternoon
excursion along the NAT TURNER Trail in Southampton County (Virginia).
This alone should attract reparations supporters from near and
far.
Bro. Khalifah can be contacted via email at: ubus@pinn.net
More information will be available as convention plans are finalized.
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If you haven't already established your membership in N'COBRA,
now is the time!
Your membership (only $10/year) is a concrete way to *demonstrate*
your support for N'COBRA's ongoing effort to win long-overdue
restitution for the oppression of Afrikan people in this country
-- as well as just compensation for repairing the damages caused
by chattel enslavement, legal segregation and continuing racial
discrimination.
Membership information can be obtained from:
N'COBRA National Office
PO Box 62622
Washington DC 20029-2622
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Peace and Power,
Ukali
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