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The Dialect of Black Americans (1970)

The Dialect of Black Americans (1970, Western Electric Records) Uploaded for historical reference.
Synopsis from the book, "Ego Trip's Big Book of Racism (2004)"
This ancient school "Community Relations Presentation" is required listening for anyone who thought the late-'90s controversy over ebonics as a language of its own was some recent phenomenon, or simply anyone who can’t get enough of that offensive stuff. The liner notes read, “ At a time when interracial communication and understanding are assuming enormous importance, this record hopes to he explain for listeners of all races what Black dialect is and how it functions." But however good its intentions, this stab at untying African-American tongues comes off pretty racist itself from the giddy-up, dramatizing examples of how Black people talk through coonish scenarios like a woman scolding her (apparently lazy) man for not getting up when the alarm clock rings, an irate (probably single) mom screaming "shut up" at her uncontrollable houseful of kids, and another woman warning her smooth-talking (but supposedly unreliable) husband not to get into "no jive, off-the-wall stuff" and come straight home after work. Much of the remainder of the album is narrated by a Black character who's left the 'hood and gone on to success in the proper English-speaking world. Problem is, most of the time he comes off like a self-hating jerk. "The old neighbor-hood hadn't changed much," he says of a trip back to his old stomping ground. "What a lousy, miserable place. I walked around some old garbage and got the almost forgotten whiff of what it was like . . . It was good to be on my way." Elsewhere, between more minstrel-caliber dramatizations-a Black applicant's painful job interview, random street chatter, etc.-our guide spews out strict generalizations: "The middle-class Black must be careful of the language he is using, or rather, which language he is using. . . On the streets of Black America, there is no choice. Life and its meanings only come alive with the dialect." Even attempts to validate and dissect Black speech patterns come off hopelessly condescending, using examples like "Leroy at home" and "Debra have free brova." The program's ultimate recommendation-to have ghetto children taught both standard English and Black dialect-concludes with a typically smarmy remark from our narrator: "Under no condition should the speaker's use of the dialect be considered something inferior. . . Actually, he doesn't need to learn[standard English] at all until he has to - make a living!" Guess the joke's on you, (Black) Jack.
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  • @saphone9758
    @saphone9758 Жыл бұрын

    I'm Arab American. I don't live in the US anymore. When I miss the US it's always Black Americans that I miss the most. This channel is a gem! Thank you!

  • @Kendall42971

    @Kendall42971

    Жыл бұрын

    😊❣

  • @slim404

    @slim404

    11 ай бұрын

    @saphone9758 Can you imagine being _The Same Ppl_ from the same _Land Mass_ BEFORE the tectonic plate shifts? Then add to that being split and taken from your ancestors homeland. We were together, 1 ppl, the complexions, languages, and even OUR OWN beliefs are what separate us. _1 ❤ though!_

  • @i-zob7543

    @i-zob7543

    11 ай бұрын

    ​@@slim404so we were one with the Berbers, Arabs and Israelites and Amorites right?

  • @nonyabidness1838

    @nonyabidness1838

    7 ай бұрын

    Get you an Aboriginal American Wife all my Arab male friends have one.😂

  • @tommytomtomt

    @tommytomtomt

    5 ай бұрын

    Funniest thing i've ever heard...You can always go to a local jail if you miss them.

  • @armantefarmer6175
    @armantefarmer61755 жыл бұрын

    I actually found this record at a Goodwill still sealed a year ago

  • @meghanm5592

    @meghanm5592

    5 жыл бұрын

    Wow, that was cool.

  • @telikaandfam

    @telikaandfam

    4 жыл бұрын

    did you buy it

  • @jeredalmeida1880

    @jeredalmeida1880

    4 жыл бұрын

    How much you want for it? I'll sample this into a platinum record!

  • @avantgardeho_6464

    @avantgardeho_6464

    4 жыл бұрын

    Yo fa real shi dats cool doe I wish I could find it thangs like dis shoul b preserved

  • @ericpaul7628

    @ericpaul7628

    3 жыл бұрын

    Nice

  • @v.a.993
    @v.a.9935 жыл бұрын

    This recording is still relevant. Thank you for uploading it.

  • @disastertransport3656

    @disastertransport3656

    3 жыл бұрын

    Mmm hmmm

  • @bluegreenwoodtiger

    @bluegreenwoodtiger

    3 жыл бұрын

    Absolutely! Bill Cosby tried to convey the importance of being well-spoken and our community lambasted him. He was absolutely right!

  • @Passportbros8

    @Passportbros8

    2 жыл бұрын

    We black people in Africa call you black people in America african american s because that is the last string of attachment and connection that we have with you. Your oppressors made sure that when you were taken from africa that they stripped you of your traditional names. They did not allow our ancestors in America to have a single string of attachment or remembrance of africa. The oppressors of Black people in jamaica, and all over corribians, in south america, and all over the world allowed them to keep traits and their memories to the Motherland continent of africa. A jamaican Friend of mine Nico, told me that they in jamaica see the continent of africa as the motherland, and they will always remember that they are of african descent. this also goes for the black people all over the carribian and south america. The black people in the carribians, south america and more, still have remembrance of the continent of africa, that was passed down from their ancestors that were taken from the continent by force. These traits are dances, dresses, Music, Hair styles, and other traditional things that their ancestors brought with them from the continent. Calling black people in America, african american, allows them to remember their roots, for the generations after generation s of black people in America that are to come. Calling Black people in America, African American gives them that last string of attachment and connection to the continent of africa, to always remember that the continent of africa is were their ancestors were taken from. And that the continent of africa is were they have their roots. To always remind the generations that are to come that the continent is were our ancestors were taken from by force. My Friend, I hope you understand someday that all black people all over the world have Roots in the continent of africa. Not all black people are the same, the black people in Africa, have hundreds of thousands of beautiful different languages, tribes, and traditions; each is distinct in its own beauty. Yet they see themselves as all being black people, they love one anothers and treat one another as brothers and sisters. They are not divided amongst one another, or have hatred towards one another. All I want is for black people in America to embrace their african roots and to know that their ancestors came from the continent of africa. Black people all over the world know were their ancestors came from because of the things their ancestors past down to then through the generations. But black people in America Refuse to accept the fact that their ancestors were taken from west, central and east africa. They instead have a great hatred towards the continent and it's people. I believe that we black people need to be together. I believe that we black people need to love one another and treat one anothers as Brothers and sisters. You don't have to be born in Africa to be call african american, you don't have to know someone in Africa to be call african american. We black people African call you black people in America, African Americans because it is the only way for us to keep that Remembrance and Attachment between you and us. Black American has no meaning, it means you are a lost group of people, it means you have no identity. the europeans oppressed our black brothers and sisiters in the USA so horribly. They did not even allow our black people to keep a single trait of remembrance, memories, and connection to the continent, such as names, dances, customes, and more for our ancestors to use and remind the generations 1,2,3 and so on that we came from the black continent of africa. We black people in the continent of africa went through our oppression too. But our oppression can never compare to what you black people in America went through in the hands of the Europeans. Black people in america dont have those strings,traditions, dances, customes, more that they can use attach themselves to the continent. They recieved the worse oppresstion by the europeans. Black people in america calling themselves african americans allows them to have that last string of recognition and connection that their ancestors were taken from the continent. it allows them to remind the generations 1,2,3,and so on that they forfathers were taken from that continent even though they have never been in the continent or know someone specific in the entire continent. All I want is for black people in the USA to look at us black people in Africa as their brothers and sisters and not hate us with extreme hatred. All I want is for black people in America to embrace their roots in the black continent of africa, to see africa as a place where they can go and visit, and see people that look like them and to feel at home. We Black people in Africa don't look at you black people in America with hatred. We Black people in Africa welcome you black people in America and all over the world to come and visit the continent of africa. You will be truly welcome, by the king's, the chief, the Elders, and the people. They will see you and be happy. Forgive me if I offended you Brother. I thank you for reading my comment to the end. May God Bless You.

  • @SagesseNoir
    @SagesseNoir6 жыл бұрын

    Here's an idea: How about teaching our black children that there's nothing wrong with their dialect, but that it is still necessary to learn standard English. I noticed Dr. King speaking very standard English,, but also the southern Black dialect---depending on what seemed appropriate in the given context.

  • @kikikareema5912

    @kikikareema5912

    5 жыл бұрын

    Thats my point we need to learn there is a time and a place. Our children are giving presentations and writing papers with a limited vocabulary and unable to decipher what is slang and standard English.

  • @FatBabyCheeks

    @FatBabyCheeks

    5 жыл бұрын

    Here's a suggestion: teach black children to accept all black children regardless of their grammar proclivities.

  • 5 жыл бұрын

    Although the African American people have a beautiful & rich culture;I feel like making "ebonics" an acceptable language in grammar school may deter kids from becoming successful in their careers as they get older & apply for jobs as young adults. It's important for Americans of all cultures to speak proper English, as it's the key to becoming successful in business.

  • @marylamb7707

    @marylamb7707

    5 жыл бұрын

    Deborah Gleason Yes you're correct. We all have two languages. Casual and formal.

  • @ebonybruce6473

    @ebonybruce6473

    5 жыл бұрын

    SagesseNoir my mother has been on this path

  • @anndeecosita3586
    @anndeecosita3586 Жыл бұрын

    I’m black and have always spoken “standard” English. I didn’t make a decision to speak this way nor was I made to. It’s because I grew up on the West Coast in a culturally diverse environment where most people are middle class. I think manners of speaking are oftentimes associated with being in a certain socioeconomic group, and I fully admit that will affect many people’s reaction to you. When I moved to the South, I was told I “talk proper” or “talk white” by black, Latino/mestizo, Asian and white people. It took a time of adjustment for me to be able to understand some people because of a tendency to drop syllables. At times they could not understand me. Asking for mayonnaise was an interesting because I’ve always pronounced this as a three syllable word and found out people there say it as two. A lot of white people I’ve encountered don’t speak so called proper English so I’ve never understood why being white is associated with doing so. I’m now living in the Midwest and my accent is seen as more “normal”, but a lot of white Midwestern people butcher grammar as much as their Southern counterparts do. I’m American, and I’ve seen accent discrimination in this country but I think it’s a lot worse in the UK although the black population there is tiny because of rampant classism. And since I also speak Spanish, I’ll add I see the same issues within accents. Also I’ve found if your accent makes people think you are from an area or part of a group they don’t like, they will immediately act turned off by you.

  • @nadamasdisponible

    @nadamasdisponible

    Жыл бұрын

    Yes, West coast is totally different.

  • @melissagerber7231

    @melissagerber7231

    Жыл бұрын

    We're from the Iowa-Missouri ' lapland', plus,Had a great-grandmother from Missouri. My mother eventually lived in Davenport,IA,what passed for an urban area,here, in a rather uppity neighborhood. One lovely woman was covering her ears,saying, "Shut up! Shut up! I can't stand your accent." It's mostly claccist,but some racism was involved, at least in the '60s-'70s. A Native American couple was living on her street,for awhile, but,wasn't warmly welcome. The wife saw her after the couple moved,and,told her, "The new house isn't nearly as nice,but the neighbor's are a lot nicer." Davenport was just across the river from Chicago,so,any Black dialect that I heard was probably regional to there.

  • @Codi892

    @Codi892

    Жыл бұрын

    There is no such thing as "proper" English. You were right when you said Standard English, which means it is used by the general population. When people say you talk white they are noticing how you DICTATE when you speak. Maybe you use an inflection at the end of your sentences that is typically associated with middle class white America. Again, it is not because you are speaking "proper". You say you are "black" but are you African American? People of African descent are not a monolith. If you are African American, it is sad that your parents didn't teach you A.A.E - African American English - which is considered another language among the academic linguist community. African Americans who speak both Standard and African American English are considered bilingual because they understand the rules for both. Hence the term code switching. And this is coming from an African American woman who has grown up and lives in the Midwest. Believe me, we talk A.A.E over here too. It is a part of our culture and heritage. Check out Sunn M'Cheaux who is a Harvard linguist professor that teaches Gullah language. His post free educational videos.

  • @amandanabors7889

    @amandanabors7889

    Жыл бұрын

    Dat hawk is whipping out there😄

  • @slim404

    @slim404

    11 ай бұрын

    I just don't speak/ interact with _those ppl_ bc if we _can't_ understand each other WE NEVER WILL. Why limit yourself when you can liberate yourself?

  • @tedcarter8074
    @tedcarter80744 жыл бұрын

    Why does a black community have to referred to as The Ghetto ?

  • @dcfreeman775

    @dcfreeman775

    4 жыл бұрын

    White people gon white. Especially if its a book from 1970

  • @MikeRocks25

    @MikeRocks25

    3 жыл бұрын

    Because the natives refer to it as the ghetto. Having a minority mindset is having a "less than" mindset.

  • @therightway4715

    @therightway4715

    3 жыл бұрын

    It's a Ghetto into the black man own and provide businesses there

  • @cmo8179

    @cmo8179

    3 жыл бұрын

    Just another way to marginalize us.

  • @Passportbros8

    @Passportbros8

    2 жыл бұрын

    We black people in Africa call you black people in America african american s because that is the last string of attachment and connection that we have with you. Your oppressors made sure that when you were taken from africa that they stripped you of your traditional names. They did not allow our ancestors in America to have a single string of attachment or remembrance of africa. The oppressors of Black people in jamaica, and all over corribians, in south america, and all over the world allowed them to keep traits and their memories to the Motherland continent of africa. A jamaican Friend of mine Nico, told me that they in jamaica see the continent of africa as the motherland, and they will always remember that they are of african descent. this also goes for the black people all over the carribian and south america. The black people in the carribians, south america and more, still have remembrance of the continent of africa, that was passed down from their ancestors that were taken from the continent by force. These traits are dances, dresses, Music, Hair styles, and other traditional things that their ancestors brought with them from the continent. Calling black people in America, african american, allows them to remember their roots, for the generations after generation s of black people in America that are to come. Calling Black people in America, African American gives them that last string of attachment and connection to the continent of africa, to always remember that the continent of africa is were their ancestors were taken from. And that the continent of africa is were they have their roots. To always remind the generations that are to come that the continent is were our ancestors were taken from by force. My Friend, I hope you understand someday that all black people all over the world have Roots in the continent of africa. Not all black people are the same, the black people in Africa, have hundreds of thousands of beautiful different languages, tribes, and traditions; each is distinct in its own beauty. Yet they see themselves as all being black people, they love one anothers and treat one another as brothers and sisters. They are not divided amongst one another, or have hatred towards one another. All I want is for black people in America to embrace their african roots and to know that their ancestors came from the continent of africa. Black people all over the world know were their ancestors came from because of the things their ancestors past down to then through the generations. But black people in America Refuse to accept the fact that their ancestors were taken from west, central and east africa. They instead have a great hatred towards the continent and it's people. I believe that we black people need to be together. I believe that we black people need to love one another and treat one anothers as Brothers and sisters. You don't have to be born in Africa to be call african american, you don't have to know someone in Africa to be call african american. We black people African call you black people in America, African Americans because it is the only way for us to keep that Remembrance and Attachment between you and us. Black American has no meaning, it means you are a lost group of people, it means you have no identity. the europeans oppressed our black brothers and sisiters in the USA so horribly. They did not even allow our black people to keep a single trait of remembrance, memories, and connection to the continent, such as names, dances, customes, and more for our ancestors to use and remind the generations 1,2,3 and so on that we came from the black continent of africa. We black people in the continent of africa went through our oppression too. But our oppression can never compare to what you black people in America went through in the hands of the Europeans. Black people in america dont have those strings,traditions, dances, customes, more that they can use attach themselves to the continent. They recieved the worse oppresstion by the europeans. Black people in america calling themselves african americans allows them to have that last string of recognition and connection that their ancestors were taken from the continent. it allows them to remind the generations 1,2,3,and so on that they forfathers were taken from that continent even though they have never been in the continent or know someone specific in the entire continent. All I want is for black people in the USA to look at us black people in Africa as their brothers and sisters and not hate us with extreme hatred. All I want is for black people in America to embrace their roots in the black continent of africa, to see africa as a place where they can go and visit, and see people that look like them and to feel at home. We Black people in Africa don't look at you black people in America with hatred. We Black people in Africa welcome you black people in America and all over the world to come and visit the continent of africa. You will be truly welcome, by the king's, the chief, the Elders, and the people. They will see you and be happy. Forgive me if I offended you Brother. I thank you for reading my comment to the end. May God Bless You.

  • @GreedomWorldwide
    @GreedomWorldwide4 жыл бұрын

    I like everything except the reference to the general black community as “The Ghetto”. Very thought provoking audio. Makes me think about the mass migration of black folks from the south decades leading up to this album and how integration affected is a a community. Halfway through and can’t wait to hear the rest. However it’s sad to see so many ill-informed black folks commenting on here that aren’t being objective. Listen and learn. 🖤

  • @joltjolt5060

    @joltjolt5060

    2 жыл бұрын

    Ghetto used to mean homogeneous enclave. It didn't have a negative implication.

  • @Passportbros8

    @Passportbros8

    2 жыл бұрын

    We black people in Africa call you black people in America african american s because that is the last string of attachment and connection that we have with you. Your oppressors made sure that when you were taken from africa that they stripped you of your traditional names. They did not allow our ancestors in America to have a single string of attachment or remembrance of africa. The oppressors of Black people in jamaica, and all over corribians, in south america, and all over the world allowed them to keep traits and their memories to the Motherland continent of africa. A jamaican Friend of mine Nico, told me that they in jamaica see the continent of africa as the motherland, and they will always remember that they are of african descent. this also goes for the black people all over the carribian and south america. The black people in the carribians, south america and more, still have remembrance of the continent of africa, that was passed down from their ancestors that were taken from the continent by force. These traits are dances, dresses, Music, Hair styles, and other traditional things that their ancestors brought with them from the continent. Calling black people in America, african american, allows them to remember their roots, for the generations after generation s of black people in America that are to come. Calling Black people in America, African American gives them that last string of attachment and connection to the continent of africa, to always remember that the continent of africa is were their ancestors were taken from. And that the continent of africa is were they have their roots. To always remind the generations that are to come that the continent is were our ancestors were taken from by force. My Friend, I hope you understand someday that all black people all over the world have Roots in the continent of africa. Not all black people are the same, the black people in Africa, have hundreds of thousands of beautiful different languages, tribes, and traditions; each is distinct in its own beauty. Yet they see themselves as all being black people, they love one anothers and treat one another as brothers and sisters. They are not divided amongst one another, or have hatred towards one another. All I want is for black people in America to embrace their african roots and to know that their ancestors came from the continent of africa. Black people all over the world know were their ancestors came from because of the things their ancestors past down to then through the generations. But black people in America Refuse to accept the fact that their ancestors were taken from west, central and east africa. They instead have a great hatred towards the continent and it's people. I believe that we black people need to be together. I believe that we black people need to love one another and treat one anothers as Brothers and sisters. You don't have to be born in Africa to be call african american, you don't have to know someone in Africa to be call african american. We black people African call you black people in America, African Americans because it is the only way for us to keep that Remembrance and Attachment between you and us. Black American has no meaning, it means you are a lost group of people, it means you have no identity. the europeans oppressed our black brothers and sisiters in the USA so horribly. They did not even allow our black people to keep a single trait of remembrance, memories, and connection to the continent, such as names, dances, customes, and more for our ancestors to use and remind the generations 1,2,3 and so on that we came from the black continent of africa. We black people in the continent of africa went through our oppression too. But our oppression can never compare to what you black people in America went through in the hands of the Europeans. Black people in america dont have those strings,traditions, dances, customes, more that they can use attach themselves to the continent. They recieved the worse oppresstion by the europeans. Black people in america calling themselves african americans allows them to have that last string of recognition and connection that their ancestors were taken from the continent. it allows them to remind the generations 1,2,3,and so on that they forfathers were taken from that continent even though they have never been in the continent or know someone specific in the entire continent. All I want is for black people in the USA to look at us black people in Africa as their brothers and sisters and not hate us with extreme hatred. All I want is for black people in America to embrace their roots in the black continent of africa, to see africa as a place where they can go and visit, and see people that look like them and to feel at home. We Black people in Africa don't look at you black people in America with hatred. We Black people in Africa welcome you black people in America and all over the world to come and visit the continent of africa. You will be truly welcome, by the king's, the chief, the Elders, and the people. They will see you and be happy. Forgive me if I offended you Brother. I thank you for reading my comment to the end. May God Bless You.

  • @Animalhouser

    @Animalhouser

    2 жыл бұрын

    It's negative these days. But growing up in the early 90s, we used it without the thought of it being consider negative. We say "the hood" now, i.e. "the neighborhood".

  • @Kylegucknee

    @Kylegucknee

    2 жыл бұрын

    I mean this is the 70s here

  • @Moneytane1976

    @Moneytane1976

    Жыл бұрын

    @@Kylegucknee 1970 - really more 1960s - some racism, Black children lose interest in school after the 3rd grade.

  • @audreyblue6852
    @audreyblue68524 жыл бұрын

    When the narrator said "the ghetto child", I spit out my drink 😯😯😯

  • @omalone1169

    @omalone1169

    10 ай бұрын

    37:25 naughty by nature ...

  • @dance4life1208
    @dance4life12086 жыл бұрын

    Well I learned I talked different when I got to college and I'm from the south side of Chicago. I don't care as much now and switch up my language when I choose.

  • @dockgee3745

    @dockgee3745

    5 жыл бұрын

    Me too

  • @wolverinelogan9430

    @wolverinelogan9430

    4 жыл бұрын

    @ISaidIt 2 I call that being FAKE & NON- genuine only b#tches put on such a display even male b#tches.

  • @wolverinelogan9430

    @wolverinelogan9430

    4 жыл бұрын

    @ISaidIt 2 I despise phony ppl.

  • @sandramcdaniel4545

    @sandramcdaniel4545

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@wolverinelogan9430 .... Then I guess you despise Oprah Winfrey and Gail? Why do you think they've done so well? They change their dialect to suit the situations. Even the actors do it. Get them into a group of blacks, and they speak slang or ghetto. Obama did it too. Do you think he would have made President if he spoke like He was uneducated? He wouldn't have been President. Spelling is necessary as well. That goes for everyone. Try getting a job in publications, and see how far you'd get. No News paper or Magazine would hire you. There is a reason people speak proper English, and spell correctly. White people in government don't care how you speak, because they don't want you in public affairs. It keeps you all in a type of prison, and most of you could care less. They want you to stay right where you are..... depending on them!! Look up, African Americans who got into public office after the civil war. The letters they wrote would put even my English to shame. There were Republican blacks in Congress, the Senate, and Representatives, as well as Speaker of the House. Did you know in the 1800s they were voted in? They were very educated, and smart! The Democrats wanted, and had slaves, not the Republicans. Yet because most blacks don't know history, they stay Democrat all their lives not even knowing they are still keeping you down. The less you know the more they can keep many in poverty. My great great grandmother was raped by her master! Then my great grandmother was too. My grandmother looked white, and she married my grandfather who was white. He being a business man owned his own high priced store. He invested wisely, and were rich. My grandfather died at 96. Then my grandmother died 4 years later at 96. After she died is when we found out about our heritage. It was kept secret all those years. To me,my sister's, and brother's could've cared less. We were taught to respect all people. We never used the N word, and gave all elders due respect. After my husband past away I dated a black man for 2 years. It's funny, my 1st boyfriend was black too, and that was in the 60s when civil rights, and marches were going on. I didn't care about the color of skin, it was in the person's character I cared about. Then my BF Jerome called me his Nigga. Shocked that he would say that I slapped him. He said it was usually used as a term of endearment. His family called each other that all the time. You hear it in music all the time or in conversation with the black community. So... I could go on, but I think you get my point. I'd suggest you quit hating, and learn about your past. Be proud of how you came out of it, and live life in peace with all mankind, and quit placing blame. You are free to learn, and be what you want. If you are in Christ Jesus, you are TRUELY set free indeed.💞🕊📖🕯 Nice chatting with you.💜

  • @wolverinelogan9430

    @wolverinelogan9430

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@sandramcdaniel4545 Oprah sold her ppl out lady. Thanks for the hollow lesson. You speak of a woman who made a documentary About the most famous black man on earth next to YESHUA! Michael Jackson all lies the first accuser's father committed suicide when learned of Jacksons death & left a note stating it was a lie. Meanwhile she has a school in Africa where Caucasian men molested black girls & also seal called her out for bringing women to HARVEY! Make a documentary about that. Go take a time out & stand in the corner you are on punishment.

  • @motorola59
    @motorola596 жыл бұрын

    I've read some comments about Ebonics being Black Slang. This is incorrect. Slang is when you take an existing word and then assign a different meaning to it. Take "cool" for instance. Cool is a temperature. But when used as slang, it means 'things are "ok." Ebonics is actually "Black Sound; Ebony Phonics = Ebonics". Language is learned in the environment that it is spoken and heard. Black people didn't fraternize with white people until, just a few years ago. So, we never really learned the language, as they speak it ... simply because we didn't hear it as much. What we heard more often is what was handed down to us. Again, this is simply because we spend more time in the black community, conversing, etc. than we do in the white community. You can trace this lack of commune all the way back to where we came from - speaking our mother tongue; meaning - we still hold some of those sounds in our speech ... because they were NEVER fully replaced with new ones. We just mushed it all together. English + Mother Tongue = Ebonics. Evidence can be found in speech such as The Gullah people in South Carolina. Another example can be found in Dancehall Reggae. They both (Gullah & dance hall) are 'trying' to speak English, but due to the lack of exposure and practice - you end up with a little bit of the mother tongue that was passed down, in bits and pieces that is mixed with the English, in bits and pieces. The result is true Ebonics, which is not slang. This is why you have to strain to understand it - but you can. This is why 'mumble rap' sounds the way it does. It isn't just 'lack of education. More than that, it's lack of exposure. Remember, languages is learned in the environment that it is spoken and heard. This is why people frown at those who speak to babies in 'goo-goo, ga-ga' talk. The baby will learn whatever it hears.

  • @motorola59

    @motorola59

    4 жыл бұрын

    @M Bailey Yes! It's a WHOLE 'NOTHER LANGUAGE that was created by your people. It's deep.

  • @MSILBB

    @MSILBB

    3 жыл бұрын

    @Nenethegreat W Becky Becky Becky...The issue with this racist comment Beck is that you don't know the grammar of African languages, which Ebonics/AAL rests upon. It's a bantu dialect, not an English one, despite what mainstream linguists try to tout. It doesn't rest upon the rules of Germanic grammar, which is why we get constructions like "I Be." Additionally, "I be" isn't "I am." It's not a 1:1 translation. It has several layers of meaning. Ebonics is not mispronunciation. It's a difference between two different languages where the vocabulary gets treated differently based upon its substratum. You'll find many of these same elements in Jamaican patois and Blacks from Africa learning English. For instance, "ask" will be pronounced as "ax" because the "sk" sound doesn't exist in Niger Congo languages, as consonant clusters do not exist in these languages; the languages we brought with us.

  • @MSILBB

    @MSILBB

    3 жыл бұрын

    You're on the right track for the most part, but the mother tongue is its basis. Your language isn't indicative of how intelligent or educated you are. However, where there are intellectual delays it's not because of the language. It's no different than say someone Chinese or Russian learning English. Look up Dr. Ernie Smith, Joseph Holloway, Lorenzo Dow Turner, Winifred K Vass.

  • @Passportbros8

    @Passportbros8

    2 жыл бұрын

    We black people in Africa call you black people in America african american s because that is the last string of attachment and connection that we have with you. Your oppressors made sure that when you were taken from africa that they stripped you of your traditional names. They did not allow our ancestors in America to have a single string of attachment or remembrance of africa. The oppressors of Black people in jamaica, and all over corribians, in south america, and all over the world allowed them to keep traits and their memories to the Motherland continent of africa. A jamaican Friend of mine Nico, told me that they in jamaica see the continent of africa as the motherland, and they will always remember that they are of african descent. this also goes for the black people all over the carribian and south america. The black people in the carribians, south america and more, still have remembrance of the continent of africa, that was passed down from their ancestors that were taken from the continent by force. These traits are dances, dresses, Music, Hair styles, and other traditional things that their ancestors brought with them from the continent. Calling black people in America, african american, allows them to remember their roots, for the generations after generation s of black people in America that are to come. Calling Black people in America, African American gives them that last string of attachment and connection to the continent of africa, to always remember that the continent of africa is were their ancestors were taken from. And that the continent of africa is were they have their roots. To always remind the generations that are to come that the continent is were our ancestors were taken from by force. My Friend, I hope you understand someday that all black people all over the world have Roots in the continent of africa. Not all black people are the same, the black people in Africa, have hundreds of thousands of beautiful different languages, tribes, and traditions; each is distinct in its own beauty. Yet they see themselves as all being black people, they love one anothers and treat one another as brothers and sisters. They are not divided amongst one another, or have hatred towards one another. All I want is for black people in America to embrace their african roots and to know that their ancestors came from the continent of africa. Black people all over the world know were their ancestors came from because of the things their ancestors past down to then through the generations. But black people in America Refuse to accept the fact that their ancestors were taken from west, central and east africa. They instead have a great hatred towards the continent and it's people. I believe that we black people need to be together. I believe that we black people need to love one another and treat one anothers as Brothers and sisters. You don't have to be born in Africa to be call african american, you don't have to know someone in Africa to be call african american. We black people African call you black people in America, African Americans because it is the only way for us to keep that Remembrance and Attachment between you and us. Black American has no meaning, it means you are a lost group of people, it means you have no identity. the europeans oppressed our black brothers and sisiters in the USA so horribly. They did not even allow our black people to keep a single trait of remembrance, memories, and connection to the continent, such as names, dances, customes, and more for our ancestors to use and remind the generations 1,2,3 and so on that we came from the black continent of africa. We black people in the continent of africa went through our oppression too. But our oppression can never compare to what you black people in America went through in the hands of the Europeans. Black people in america dont have those strings,traditions, dances, customes, more that they can use attach themselves to the continent. They recieved the worse oppresstion by the europeans. Black people in america calling themselves african americans allows them to have that last string of recognition and connection that their ancestors were taken from the continent. it allows them to remind the generations 1,2,3,and so on that they forfathers were taken from that continent even though they have never been in the continent or know someone specific in the entire continent. All I want is for black people in the USA to look at us black people in Africa as their brothers and sisters and not hate us with extreme hatred. All I want is for black people in America to embrace their roots in the black continent of africa, to see africa as a place where they can go and visit, and see people that look like them and to feel at home. We Black people in Africa don't look at you black people in America with hatred. We Black people in Africa welcome you black people in America and all over the world to come and visit the continent of africa. You will be truly welcome, by the king's, the chief, the Elders, and the people. They will see you and be happy. Forgive me if I offended you Brother. I thank you for reading my comment to the end. May God Bless You.

  • @yawaisnatural4344
    @yawaisnatural43444 жыл бұрын

    And now we don't talk at all!! Every thing is a charcter in a text message!!!!!!!!😒

  • @smoothoperator7023

    @smoothoperator7023

    3 жыл бұрын

    😏👍🏾

  • @bluegreenwoodtiger
    @bluegreenwoodtiger3 жыл бұрын

    “If you had a asked me before, I might’ve could.” I felt that! Truly pensive.

  • @knightrider1755
    @knightrider17556 жыл бұрын

    "If you had ask me before, I mighta coulda " lmao.

  • @Ice-emo-yt

    @Ice-emo-yt

    4 жыл бұрын

    😂😂😂😂

  • @Lon3Starr

    @Lon3Starr

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@Ice-emo-yt gotta love it. 😂

  • @indigop38

    @indigop38

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@Lon3Starr to Indigo OG! Is that really your name ? Mine is. Either way, nice name!!!

  • @Lon3Starr

    @Lon3Starr

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@indigop38 No it's not, but if I had the chance to pick my name when I was a kid, it mighta coulda. 😂🤟

  • @zionstayfit920

    @zionstayfit920

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@Lon3Starr 😭😆🤣

  • @DarkAries76
    @DarkAries765 жыл бұрын

    Poor Joseph Jones couldn't get a desk job because he could not code switch.

  • @jalmon9478

    @jalmon9478

    4 жыл бұрын

    BlaqueViolet it’s so common, my nephew and nieces have that issue. I also had that issue and still struggle with it. I can barely understand some white american people. I only understand New Yorkers, Jersey, and the states around that area. I have to constantly sit there and listen really hard to try to make out what they mean because a lot of them are passive aggressive lol. They move differently and can’t really say what they’re really thinking. I find it that other whites from other countries are more expensive with their English and dialect and it doesn’t keep me guessing.

  • @NoBullsh_t

    @NoBullsh_t

    3 жыл бұрын

    Really don't think that was the only issue, but whatever....

  • @Passportbros8

    @Passportbros8

    2 жыл бұрын

    We black people in Africa call you black people in America african american s because that is the last string of attachment and connection that we have with you. Your oppressors made sure that when you were taken from africa that they stripped you of your traditional names. They did not allow our ancestors in America to have a single string of attachment or remembrance of africa. The oppressors of Black people in jamaica, and all over corribians, in south america, and all over the world allowed them to keep traits and their memories to the Motherland continent of africa. A jamaican Friend of mine Nico, told me that they in jamaica see the continent of africa as the motherland, and they will always remember that they are of african descent. this also goes for the black people all over the carribian and south america. The black people in the carribians, south america and more, still have remembrance of the continent of africa, that was passed down from their ancestors that were taken from the continent by force. These traits are dances, dresses, Music, Hair styles, and other traditional things that their ancestors brought with them from the continent. Calling black people in America, african american, allows them to remember their roots, for the generations after generation s of black people in America that are to come. Calling Black people in America, African American gives them that last string of attachment and connection to the continent of africa, to always remember that the continent of africa is were their ancestors were taken from. And that the continent of africa is were they have their roots. To always remind the generations that are to come that the continent is were our ancestors were taken from by force. My Friend, I hope you understand someday that all black people all over the world have Roots in the continent of africa. Not all black people are the same, the black people in Africa, have hundreds of thousands of beautiful different languages, tribes, and traditions; each is distinct in its own beauty. Yet they see themselves as all being black people, they love one anothers and treat one another as brothers and sisters. They are not divided amongst one another, or have hatred towards one another. All I want is for black people in America to embrace their african roots and to know that their ancestors came from the continent of africa. Black people all over the world know were their ancestors came from because of the things their ancestors past down to then through the generations. But black people in America Refuse to accept the fact that their ancestors were taken from west, central and east africa. They instead have a great hatred towards the continent and it's people. I believe that we black people need to be together. I believe that we black people need to love one another and treat one anothers as Brothers and sisters. You don't have to be born in Africa to be call african american, you don't have to know someone in Africa to be call african american. We black people African call you black people in America, African Americans because it is the only way for us to keep that Remembrance and Attachment between you and us. Black American has no meaning, it means you are a lost group of people, it means you have no identity. the europeans oppressed our black brothers and sisiters in the USA so horribly. They did not even allow our black people to keep a single trait of remembrance, memories, and connection to the continent, such as names, dances, customes, and more for our ancestors to use and remind the generations 1,2,3 and so on that we came from the black continent of africa. We black people in the continent of africa went through our oppression too. But our oppression can never compare to what you black people in America went through in the hands of the Europeans. Black people in america dont have those strings,traditions, dances, customes, more that they can use attach themselves to the continent. They recieved the worse oppresstion by the europeans. Black people in america calling themselves african americans allows them to have that last string of recognition and connection that their ancestors were taken from the continent. it allows them to remind the generations 1,2,3,and so on that they forfathers were taken from that continent even though they have never been in the continent or know someone specific in the entire continent. All I want is for black people in the USA to look at us black people in Africa as their brothers and sisters and not hate us with extreme hatred. All I want is for black people in America to embrace their roots in the black continent of africa, to see africa as a place where they can go and visit, and see people that look like them and to feel at home. We Black people in Africa don't look at you black people in America with hatred. We Black people in Africa welcome you black people in America and all over the world to come and visit the continent of africa. You will be truly welcome, by the king's, the chief, the Elders, and the people. They will see you and be happy. Forgive me if I offended you Brother. I thank you for reading my comment to the end. May God Bless You.

  • @therightway4715
    @therightway47153 жыл бұрын

    Black American culture is well documented more so than a lot of other Black cultures and yet a lot of us dislike it especially when it's not approved by some outsider

  • @reginahailey4150
    @reginahailey41505 жыл бұрын

    I've learned more from your channel, about my history, as a Black American, than anyone has ever taught me, in my entire fifty five (55) years of life !!!! Thank You💯💯💯

  • @reelblack

    @reelblack

    5 жыл бұрын

    Thank you. For your kind words and support, Regina.

  • @rankingtrevor

    @rankingtrevor

    3 жыл бұрын

    You don't look black 🤣. This one drop BS in America

  • @cmo8179

    @cmo8179

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@rankingtrevor What is black, in your definition? What is white?

  • @trevinhickman9022

    @trevinhickman9022

    3 жыл бұрын

    I hate to say it but when you see these documentaries about black American history you really see the true extent of how are educational system in America has withheld to controlled our true history against us. People complain against us as black americans saying we always cry conspiracy and make excuses, but in fact we as black americans have been robbed of knowledge of ourselves to our true history by our American institutions and educational systems!!!

  • @MountTheodore72

    @MountTheodore72

    2 жыл бұрын

    A phenomenon like the black American dialect needs to be constantly updated. For our people this is very interesting. We need to be aware of the change of dialect throughout the years in Black America. I want to say our attitudes and feelings towards certain issues have remained the same, but our slang and choice of words have evolved or devolved every so many years. So much so you can tell which time period one is in just by listening to the slang and and dialect.

  • @shadarriand1590
    @shadarriand15903 жыл бұрын

    I have learned more about my history through this channel in less than 24 hours and I highly appreciate it.

  • @The1ByTheSea

    @The1ByTheSea

    5 ай бұрын

    That is because they never teach black history .They bought them form Africa,but that it. Then what happen ? don't tell you they formed thriving communities .

  • @tommytomtomt

    @tommytomtomt

    5 ай бұрын

    You should go to a BLM. Rally and watch them loot and steal. That'll teach you a lot about black history

  • @RJ-lk6qn
    @RJ-lk6qn Жыл бұрын

    I’m not American but really enjoy listening to the African American dialect. So musical and rhythmic. However I think we have to be able to switch dialects to the standard form wherever you live in the world. Don’t lose your culture but be adaptable. Though I must say some of the simpler grammar makes more sense than complicated standard English forms

  • @EbonyEnnis-ck9sd

    @EbonyEnnis-ck9sd

    Жыл бұрын

    👋 AAVE is more complex than SAE. There are linguistics rules of speech and diction, but most are ignorant because they learn primarily about it through colonist.

  • @wnfrdwnstn

    @wnfrdwnstn

    Жыл бұрын

    Black people call that code switching. We’ve been doing it forever. 😢

  • @omalone1169

    @omalone1169

    10 ай бұрын

    ​@@EbonyEnnis-ck9sd25:00 gullah

  • @aboriginalsister6484
    @aboriginalsister64846 жыл бұрын

    I don't think English is our original language, my opinion.

  • @truth-is-light1994

    @truth-is-light1994

    5 жыл бұрын

    Indeed

  • @RJCHOICE

    @RJCHOICE

    5 жыл бұрын

    It's not even 'original' english.

  • @lawrencebarr3820

    @lawrencebarr3820

    5 жыл бұрын

    ENG...LISH.,,.ISH,,,,,GET IT.,.

  • @stanfatou2002

    @stanfatou2002

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@lawrencebarr3820 I think we know how English is spelled dipshit

  • @tawnyh8878

    @tawnyh8878

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@stanfatou2002 he wasnt trying to correct the spelling he was making a point.

  • @GreedomWorldwide
    @GreedomWorldwide4 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for this album!! Still so relevant. I’ll share with all my friends/family. 🖤

  • @omalone1169

    @omalone1169

    10 ай бұрын

    26:00 the day of the geechee

  • @sunflowerpwr.8821
    @sunflowerpwr.88215 жыл бұрын

    I love the 70s...I enjoyed this reminds me of the good ol days..i agree with switching our dialect based on who we are talking to...I love our culture.

  • @melissagerber7231

    @melissagerber7231

    Жыл бұрын

    Our University Speech instructor offered to help a Black girl from Chicago modify her dialect for professional communication. He said that he knew a woman in an office where he was working, when would talk in her dialect ,in the office,but,as soon as she answered the phone,she spoke standard English.

  • @tincredible
    @tincredible3 жыл бұрын

    Update on the job interview: It's 2021, and Black people have more formal education than ever before. Young Black man graduates from high school, goes to college, learns standard English, graduates from college (sometimes with multiple degrees), speaks standard English with precision in interviews, and STILL doesn't get the good job. As it stands, white men without high school diplomas have more wealth than Black men with college degrees. What we see is that our issues are systemic as opposed to linguistic and behavioral. However, I realize that in 1970, respectability politics still played a huge role in how we identified or MISidentified the causes of our plight. I think we now have enough data to support the realization that the same systemic racism that underfunded the young man's high school and granted him a subpar education in "standard" English is the same system that later punished him for not KNOWING standard English; the punishment was in denying him the job he wanted and limiting his earning potential.

  • @tomasgarza1249
    @tomasgarza12494 жыл бұрын

    This helps me to get used to he accent/dialect, I want to stop having to ask people to slow down because it feels rude, and it is my fault because english is not my native language.

  • @acealvarez6540
    @acealvarez65406 жыл бұрын

    Knowledge is power

  • @thugnerd2100
    @thugnerd21004 жыл бұрын

    Researching accents for a movie role. I play a Baltimore cop in the 70’s. Amazing how this is still relevant today.

  • @EmpressKeno
    @EmpressKeno2 жыл бұрын

    Still relevant. Still a gem. We are such a dynamic people.

  • @escarface
    @escarface2 жыл бұрын

    That interview was sad 😔 I can imagine how many people that has happened to and continue to happens to.

  • @bepassa12
    @bepassa126 жыл бұрын

    I think these people talk better than many today.

  • @chrisanthony61

    @chrisanthony61

    6 жыл бұрын

    I agree

  • @lastdays3148

    @lastdays3148

    6 жыл бұрын

    One word TRUE!!!!!!!!!

  • @myiesha5934

    @myiesha5934

    6 жыл бұрын

    Verbally using slang or Ebonics is part of our culture as Black Americans.Who decided and gives another ethnicity the right to criticise or judge the way I speak. No one calls other languages improper that we don't understand until we learn it. So if the don't understand the way I communicate so what learn it like you do with all other languages. There's a time to be professional with dictation and a time to be yourself.

  • @chrisanthony61

    @chrisanthony61

    6 жыл бұрын

    Myiesha you need to do a little research because your supposed dialect/Ebonics actually derived from parts of Ireland, North Britain, many degredated parts of Europe. So no, it's not your invited way of communication.

  • @myiesha5934

    @myiesha5934

    6 жыл бұрын

    Chris Anthony Hi I'm already 4 decades ahead on the linguistics history.All language has an original place and culture where it came . Language is taught, migrated and adopted by different ethnicities that have be passed down from one generation to another or taught to us. My point is who cares where it came from, this just happens to a be dialect that other individuals and I can relate to and have in common.

  • @Mooneuches
    @Mooneuches5 жыл бұрын

    This was beautiful, maybe I'm dramatic or maybe it's just passion.

  • @hiimanhuman

    @hiimanhuman

    3 жыл бұрын

    I’m with you bro

  • @kshinokevin
    @kshinokevin5 жыл бұрын

    the narrator kinda sounds like Morgan Freeman, I don't know why...

  • @isaacmaltez8277
    @isaacmaltez82775 жыл бұрын

    Countries, especifically, the U.S have so many cultures and so many different people from many different countries and therefore so many accents and dialects. Though, I think that makes the country even richer in culture and more beautiful. If you are an African American or a person from other part of the world and you speak differently, don't worry and feel ashamed. It is part of you and that makes u unique!

  • @ZZEB
    @ZZEB6 жыл бұрын

    Black American language equals money, ask people in marketing

  • @Yaya-mg8sb

    @Yaya-mg8sb

    6 жыл бұрын

    ZZEB yes you can be paid to look stupid.

  • @djsmj1750

    @djsmj1750

    5 жыл бұрын

    ZZEB facts ..we are original humans everything we do is the glue to life for ( man kind )

  • 5 жыл бұрын

    In the music industry especially, this is true......young people tend to gravitate towards a language & lyrics that mirror their own lives. =$$$$ a lotta bling😎👍

  • @lql1094

    @lql1094

    5 жыл бұрын

    @Truth Sayer What do you mean you can't tolerate it? People speak how they choose to speak. You would have to attempt to physically shut the mouth of a person to not tolerate it.

  • @lql1094

    @lql1094

    5 жыл бұрын

    @Truth Sayer The point in what you're saying is that there's so much focus on Black American "slang." Yes all languages have a slang, so why do so many people get offended when Black Americans speak slang? Seems like everyone who has something to say about it is giving us credit.

  • @af4537
    @af45375 жыл бұрын

    I love our people, can you dig IT!

  • @disastertransport3656

    @disastertransport3656

    3 жыл бұрын

    YES

  • @shirle7343

    @shirle7343

    3 жыл бұрын

    ✊🏾right on.

  • @Passportbros8

    @Passportbros8

    2 жыл бұрын

    We black people in Africa call you black people in America african american s because that is the last string of attachment and connection that we have with you. Your oppressors made sure that when you were taken from africa that they stripped you of your traditional names. They did not allow our ancestors in America to have a single string of attachment or remembrance of africa. The oppressors of Black people in jamaica, and all over corribians, in south america, and all over the world allowed them to keep traits and their memories to the Motherland continent of africa. A jamaican Friend of mine Nico, told me that they in jamaica see the continent of africa as the motherland, and they will always remember that they are of african descent. this also goes for the black people all over the carribian and south america. The black people in the carribians, south america and more, still have remembrance of the continent of africa, that was passed down from their ancestors that were taken from the continent by force. These traits are dances, dresses, Music, Hair styles, and other traditional things that their ancestors brought with them from the continent. Calling black people in America, african american, allows them to remember their roots, for the generations after generation s of black people in America that are to come. Calling Black people in America, African American gives them that last string of attachment and connection to the continent of africa, to always remember that the continent of africa is were their ancestors were taken from. And that the continent of africa is were they have their roots. To always remind the generations that are to come that the continent is were our ancestors were taken from by force. My Friend, I hope you understand someday that all black people all over the world have Roots in the continent of africa. Not all black people are the same, the black people in Africa, have hundreds of thousands of beautiful different languages, tribes, and traditions; each is distinct in its own beauty. Yet they see themselves as all being black people, they love one anothers and treat one another as brothers and sisters. They are not divided amongst one another, or have hatred towards one another. All I want is for black people in America to embrace their african roots and to know that their ancestors came from the continent of africa. Black people all over the world know were their ancestors came from because of the things their ancestors past down to then through the generations. But black people in America Refuse to accept the fact that their ancestors were taken from west, central and east africa. They instead have a great hatred towards the continent and it's people. I believe that we black people need to be together. I believe that we black people need to love one another and treat one anothers as Brothers and sisters. You don't have to be born in Africa to be call african american, you don't have to know someone in Africa to be call african american. We black people African call you black people in America, African Americans because it is the only way for us to keep that Remembrance and Attachment between you and us. Black American has no meaning, it means you are a lost group of people, it means you have no identity. the europeans oppressed our black brothers and sisiters in the USA so horribly. They did not even allow our black people to keep a single trait of remembrance, memories, and connection to the continent, such as names, dances, customes, and more for our ancestors to use and remind the generations 1,2,3 and so on that we came from the black continent of africa. We black people in the continent of africa went through our oppression too. But our oppression can never compare to what you black people in America went through in the hands of the Europeans. Black people in america dont have those strings,traditions, dances, customes, more that they can use attach themselves to the continent. They recieved the worse oppresstion by the europeans. Black people in america calling themselves african americans allows them to have that last string of recognition and connection that their ancestors were taken from the continent. it allows them to remind the generations 1,2,3,and so on that they forfathers were taken from that continent even though they have never been in the continent or know someone specific in the entire continent. All I want is for black people in the USA to look at us black people in Africa as their brothers and sisters and not hate us with extreme hatred. All I want is for black people in America to embrace their roots in the black continent of africa, to see africa as a place where they can go and visit, and see people that look like them and to feel at home. We Black people in Africa don't look at you black people in America with hatred. We Black people in Africa welcome you black people in America and all over the world to come and visit the continent of africa. You will be truly welcome, by the king's, the chief, the Elders, and the people. They will see you and be happy. Forgive me if I offended you Brother. I thank you for reading my comment to the end. May God Bless You.

  • @MisterFridayOMG
    @MisterFridayOMG6 жыл бұрын

    I'm bilingual. I can speak standard western English. jive and street. Jive is a little out dated but that's for when you speak to older black people.

  • @vitalityfox

    @vitalityfox

    5 жыл бұрын

    Tim F. that's not what bilingual means

  • @meechiie

    @meechiie

    5 жыл бұрын

    Truth Sayer it's funny you say that because (bilingual) foreigners in America, more times than not, have higher ENGLISH lexical skills than the natives (black, white, or other). It's no secret that America's education system is failing her.

  • @kshinokevin

    @kshinokevin

    5 жыл бұрын

    Jive: like those scenes in "Airplane" and "Airplane 2" !": for Airplane 1 = the Soul Brothers (the two African-American/black dudes with the (a)fros talking to Barbara Billingsley (Mrs. Cleaver from "Leave It To Beaver"). kzread.info/dash/bejne/rJh3zMSDZrGrlsY.html

  • @gboogie360

    @gboogie360

    4 жыл бұрын

    Bilingual 😂

  • @martinsmith2258

    @martinsmith2258

    4 жыл бұрын

    Mitri Mars yeah???? Say that to all the white AND black students in my AP literature and composition class. Don’t get it wrong, we black people can speak AAVE and standard American while communicating effectively with other ethnicities. I’m almost positive that most advanced placement literature students in America are white and black, not foreign born Latinos, asians, etc....

  • @radiantrenee406
    @radiantrenee4064 жыл бұрын

    This is still happening in 2020. FACTS

  • @kenwilliamsvoice
    @kenwilliamsvoice5 жыл бұрын

    The two Irish guys as example were able to slip into their heavy brogue amongst themselves, then back to standard English when addressing the boss. The black guy applying for a desk job could not bobb and weave betwern black dialect and standard English even to land a job. Furthermore, so called BLACK dialect was, back in the day, different by region. I'm from southern California. Back in the late 70s I visited cousins in Philadelphia Pa. Man it was like I was a Martian just landed. We looked different, dressed differently and used entirely different slang. A few years later I joined the army. I could hardly make out a single word those southern black dudes slurred. BLACK DIALECT MY EYE! The point here should be like my mother taught us, speak your slang with you friends, but learn and master the King's English if you're to survive.

  • @stanfatou2002

    @stanfatou2002

    5 жыл бұрын

    Thats stupid but ok

  • @kafenwar

    @kafenwar

    4 жыл бұрын

    Yep. Black "dialect" of New York is not really like the black "dialect" of Richmond, Atlanta or New Orleans.

  • @LusciousTwinkle

    @LusciousTwinkle

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@stanfatou2002 No...Standard English isnt the Queens English...Its just used as a uniting way of communicating...There are many ways of speaking in the English speaking world....there has to be a way of speaking that everyone can understand. Thats Standard English.You would probably find it hard to understand people with a broad Cornish accent, or Newcastle accent(UK)...But if they spoke standard english you COULD understand them...

  • @LusciousTwinkle

    @LusciousTwinkle

    4 жыл бұрын

    True....Those guys are Scottish though...not Irish...

  • @Christie-ut2eg

    @Christie-ut2eg

    3 жыл бұрын

    I wanted to say that but I didn't need the hate.

  • @ReligiousZombie
    @ReligiousZombie5 жыл бұрын

    Would the blacks of 1970 be able to understand the rappers of 2019?

  • @jodihace7052

    @jodihace7052

    4 жыл бұрын

    you could literally just find someone over 40 and ask

  • @Rebekah_emeth
    @Rebekah_emeth3 жыл бұрын

    I am learning so much on this channel 👩🏽‍💻🥰. ThankYou

  • @michaelpresley8402
    @michaelpresley84026 жыл бұрын

    Thank you ReelBlack I love the videos you post the Black American Dialect is Beautiful and Unique and it is different from Talking Street Slang.😇

  • @StCloud-ns7vt

    @StCloud-ns7vt

    6 жыл бұрын

    i...i...sigh

  • @hijabmeup7778

    @hijabmeup7778

    6 жыл бұрын

    you do know that africasns do not see blacks in america as having the same culture as the CONTINENT OF AFRICA

  • @brunomiles314

    @brunomiles314

    6 жыл бұрын

    Because weren’t the same people that’s known fact were from here in the America’s and slavery was a lie

  • @MSILBB

    @MSILBB

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@hijabmeup7778 We do however and many know and understand this. It’s a continuation of it/various cultures. And once some truly sit down and get to know each other, they’ll wonder how they missed it. There will be obvious differences as with any population. It won’t be 100% the same as certain elements manifested in different ways. For instance the drumming patterns found their ways in the drum kit (based off of Black Americans playing the drums all at once after 1865). It was also channeled via bodily percussion and beatboxing, guitar playing, saxophone etc. We have lots of our African ways, from the way we speak, the swag/flair of our dress and mannerisms, food, dancing and relational patterns. Even words were kept. Look into a book called “Africanisms in American Culture.”

  • @VicGreenBitcoin

    @VicGreenBitcoin

    2 жыл бұрын

    Its just gang talk

  • @kellyi.4353
    @kellyi.43536 жыл бұрын

    Very good recording! I wish my teachers adopted these methods. I grew speaking incorrectly but I didn't know it. White employers mocked me and made fun of how I spoke. That is when I realized my deficiencies. I wasn't terribly bad, like on the recording, but there were some words and phrases I used that were not grammatically correct. I now hold a masters degree in Education and 2 bachelors degrees---ironically, one is a B.A. in English.

  • @Yaya-mg8sb

    @Yaya-mg8sb

    6 жыл бұрын

    Kelly I. 🤗

  • @annavonn6464

    @annavonn6464

    5 жыл бұрын

    Good job!

  • @MaeSekou

    @MaeSekou

    5 жыл бұрын

    Excellent

  • @swagsurfin7736

    @swagsurfin7736

    3 жыл бұрын

    Wow that's incredible!!!!

  • @airinmccanntaireachd
    @airinmccanntaireachd5 жыл бұрын

    Listening to Ebonics reminds me of Black American culture and its history, which I really admire. Listening to it also comforts me because it tells me about the closeness of a culture, and its transcendence throughout time.

  • @hiimanhuman

    @hiimanhuman

    4 жыл бұрын

    Amazing

  • @CashCowz962

    @CashCowz962

    3 жыл бұрын

    Yeah yeah yeah..dialects are good for casual life not business....stop this stupidness

  • @Passportbros8

    @Passportbros8

    2 жыл бұрын

    We black people in Africa call you black people in America african american s because that is the last string of attachment and connection that we have with you. Your oppressors made sure that when you were taken from africa that they stripped you of your traditional names. They did not allow our ancestors in America to have a single string of attachment or remembrance of africa. The oppressors of Black people in jamaica, and all over corribians, in south america, and all over the world allowed them to keep traits and their memories to the Motherland continent of africa. A jamaican Friend of mine Nico, told me that they in jamaica see the continent of africa as the motherland, and they will always remember that they are of african descent. this also goes for the black people all over the carribian and south america. The black people in the carribians, south america and more, still have remembrance of the continent of africa, that was passed down from their ancestors that were taken from the continent by force. These traits are dances, dresses, Music, Hair styles, and other traditional things that their ancestors brought with them from the continent. Calling black people in America, african american, allows them to remember their roots, for the generations after generation s of black people in America that are to come. Calling Black people in America, African American gives them that last string of attachment and connection to the continent of africa, to always remember that the continent of africa is were their ancestors were taken from. And that the continent of africa is were they have their roots. To always remind the generations that are to come that the continent is were our ancestors were taken from by force. My Friend, I hope you understand someday that all black people all over the world have Roots in the continent of africa. Not all black people are the same, the black people in Africa, have hundreds of thousands of beautiful different languages, tribes, and traditions; each is distinct in its own beauty. Yet they see themselves as all being black people, they love one anothers and treat one another as brothers and sisters. They are not divided amongst one another, or have hatred towards one another. All I want is for black people in America to embrace their african roots and to know that their ancestors came from the continent of africa. Black people all over the world know were their ancestors came from because of the things their ancestors past down to then through the generations. But black people in America Refuse to accept the fact that their ancestors were taken from west, central and east africa. They instead have a great hatred towards the continent and it's people. I believe that we black people need to be together. I believe that we black people need to love one another and treat one anothers as Brothers and sisters. You don't have to be born in Africa to be call african american, you don't have to know someone in Africa to be call african american. We black people African call you black people in America, African Americans because it is the only way for us to keep that Remembrance and Attachment between you and us. Black American has no meaning, it means you are a lost group of people, it means you have no identity. the europeans oppressed our black brothers and sisiters in the USA so horribly. They did not even allow our black people to keep a single trait of remembrance, memories, and connection to the continent, such as names, dances, customes, and more for our ancestors to use and remind the generations 1,2,3 and so on that we came from the black continent of africa. We black people in the continent of africa went through our oppression too. But our oppression can never compare to what you black people in America went through in the hands of the Europeans. Black people in america dont have those strings,traditions, dances, customes, more that they can use attach themselves to the continent. They recieved the worse oppresstion by the europeans. Black people in america calling themselves african americans allows them to have that last string of recognition and connection that their ancestors were taken from the continent. it allows them to remind the generations 1,2,3,and so on that they forfathers were taken from that continent even though they have never been in the continent or know someone specific in the entire continent. All I want is for black people in the USA to look at us black people in Africa as their brothers and sisters and not hate us with extreme hatred. All I want is for black people in America to embrace their roots in the black continent of africa, to see africa as a place where they can go and visit, and see people that look like them and to feel at home. We Black people in Africa don't look at you black people in America with hatred. We Black people in Africa welcome you black people in America and all over the world to come and visit the continent of africa. You will be truly welcome, by the king's, the chief, the Elders, and the people. They will see you and be happy. Forgive me if I offended you Brother. I thank you for reading my comment to the end. May God Bless You.

  • @Mister_Blash

    @Mister_Blash

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@CashCowz962 whatever nigga

  • @CashCowz962

    @CashCowz962

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@Mister_Blash right?...you ain't shyt yourself...😂..if you was shyt we would have a 1st world nation somewhere on earth but becos you ain't shyt we ain't got one...

  • @kiutpi
    @kiutpi5 жыл бұрын

    This is very insightful. Thank you for posting.

  • @johnbenning8770
    @johnbenning87703 жыл бұрын

    Being able to code switch is important and this illustrates why we have to do it. Done right it can get you far, look at Curtis Jackson aka 50cent. Thanks for sharing.

  • @kieana5
    @kieana53 жыл бұрын

    This teaching method should really be taught in school but that would mean that they genuinely want everyone to be successful.

  • @rozozzy
    @rozozzy6 жыл бұрын

    what we gone do??lol My mother did not allow slang/ebonics in the house...she'd correct you in a heartbeat!!lmao Now you hear it in mainstream shows and commercials etc. of course my relatives would accuse me of talking proper..lmao I am aware but choose my words according to the situation. can you dig it bruh!!lol language is a powerful tool and those in the know use it wisely. just my random thoughts.....as i meander through the net!!lol

  • @fastcars.4093

    @fastcars.4093

    6 жыл бұрын

    You have to know your surroundings and switch up when appropriate.

  • @jojoUK120

    @jojoUK120

    6 жыл бұрын

    Yeah, it’s a crying shame but it’s still true.

  • @mj42910

    @mj42910

    6 жыл бұрын

    Craig 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

  • @mamuwaldevoudoupractitione3518

    @mamuwaldevoudoupractitione3518

    6 жыл бұрын

    rozozzy 5 stars ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

  • @brunomiles314

    @brunomiles314

    6 жыл бұрын

    Why your mom had you speaking Opposite to the way god created you to speak

  • @castlejrichardson6308
    @castlejrichardson63086 жыл бұрын

    This is a very powerful meaning in regards to black dialects however it's changed over the years especially with the youth coming up now especially the part when they mentioned slang term and that by itself has changed over the years it's almost like they have they own language.

  • @Yaya-mg8sb

    @Yaya-mg8sb

    6 жыл бұрын

    Castle J Richardson still sounds uneducated.

  • @carltondildysr739

    @carltondildysr739

    6 жыл бұрын

    Black Americans should have their own Dialect.

  • @carltondildysr739

    @carltondildysr739

    6 жыл бұрын

    Black Americans need their own Dialect.

  • @tashamills98

    @tashamills98

    6 жыл бұрын

    Lol this is crazy I just posted how black people talk video lol

  • @ericaragon7780

    @ericaragon7780

    5 жыл бұрын

    The blacks do have their language in their slangs like instead of saying going or gonna they say finna idk why but every race is different i guess god bless us

  • @ogbarryjones4791
    @ogbarryjones47914 жыл бұрын

    We Must Never Lose Ourselves In The Quest to Find Another...

  • @brunomiles314
    @brunomiles3146 жыл бұрын

    We speak “Ebonics “ ebony dialect because it’s a expression that’s makes black people unique and it’s a great sin to talk like the European

  • @Yaya-mg8sb

    @Yaya-mg8sb

    6 жыл бұрын

    bruno miles you look stupid....do not follow every flock of sheep that pass you by.

  • @whowhatwhenwhyhow9265
    @whowhatwhenwhyhow92656 жыл бұрын

    All I can say is “KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK”. Thank you

  • @onyxthegod8761
    @onyxthegod87615 жыл бұрын

    "If you hadda ask me befoe I mighta could. I'm tore up now" I AM WEAK!!!

  • @donaldperez7981
    @donaldperez79812 жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much for this very informative video. I thoroughly enjoyed each, and every second of this video; it was like when you can't put down a good book.

  • @nanan3521
    @nanan35215 жыл бұрын

    i like their accent it is so cool. it makes feel confident and cool.

  • @rodb66
    @rodb665 жыл бұрын

    I do agree with Ebonics being added as a dialect to represent Black Americans. I find nothing wrong with using slang every now and then but using "I be, he be, she be and we be" sounds too unintelligent. That's just my opinion.

  • @DarkAries76

    @DarkAries76

    5 жыл бұрын

    Ugh, I hate that mess.

  • @TheOmnipresent12

    @TheOmnipresent12

    5 жыл бұрын

    Well said, theres a fine line between having fun with the lingo' and instead seeming like a thug from da' hood. Modern day thug-like' hood talk has no class, & instead makes the boys feel like 'they be' competing to be the lowest common denominator rather than upping their game and inspiring others to become better, law abiding, good hearted and decent souls that are beneficial rather than detrimental to themselves and society as a whole.

  • @tobin2517

    @tobin2517

    5 жыл бұрын

    I be - he be - she be etc.....To me this comes from the south. I be fixin' tah go hunting... etc. I think some of this comes from the way people talked and still talk in the south. Things like Imma Imma git me some tobacky. Or Ya'll ... is definitely from the south. As well as ain't.

  • @wesswess9196

    @wesswess9196

    5 жыл бұрын

    How can you make such a statement without understanding the southern affect on African American language and lingo. Extremely ignorant. I know folks who talk like that and hold office jobs. Whether they walk the line and can flip flop is a matter of experience, but doesn’t change their natural dialect.

  • @anonamous6968

    @anonamous6968

    5 жыл бұрын

    I think what Wess Wess is referring to is the fact that many Africans ended up on plantations in the south. There they learned things like I be - we be - I is. As well as Imma - Ya'll - ain't - fixin' to... ect. You still hear these used in the south. Southern dialect and accent had an influence on Ebonics.

  • @evonza4858
    @evonza48583 жыл бұрын

    Black people can talk some talk, we cleverly make up words and the whole world starts saying them🥰❤️🖤💚#I love being black🥰❤️🖤💚

  • @thepancakereviewer
    @thepancakereviewer Жыл бұрын

    Found this because Earl sampled it. Very interesting

  • @kwaaay

    @kwaaay

    7 ай бұрын

    fr

  • @BreakingHeadlineNews
    @BreakingHeadlineNews3 жыл бұрын

    This was extremely informative and enlightening. Thanks

  • @wandasapp3698
    @wandasapp36986 жыл бұрын

    i was a very young black american in 1970, and most black who spoke like that were poor and uneducated blacks. which were more than half the blacks in the u.s.a. whether ghetto or rural. the dialect is the same, but with many more newer used words. and most definitely more slang. but a southern black american and a northern black american has totally different dialects. and slang. northerners tend to think southerners are dumb because of our dialect. in our dialect we tend to talk slower and with a twang, but the southern mind is as sharp a brand new razor. we are very far from dumb. and we are most definitely aware that all other regions in america think we are dumb. we take that as an insult. we just endure the verbal abuse coming from a lot of blacks from other regions in america. we are very aware of our own southern history. and dialect. which is so deep.

  • @tanyasmith4380

    @tanyasmith4380

    6 жыл бұрын

    wanda sapp ,U SEEM TO BE HURT BY OFTEN BEING CONSIDERED DUMB BEC OF YOUR SOUTHERN ACCENT. .. I WAS FORTUNATE IN THAT MY PARENTS WERE VERY SECURE & CONFIDENT .. & ALLOWED OUR DIALECT AT HOME BUT WOULD ALSO CORRECT US WHEN EXPLAINING STANDARD ENGLISH. IT WAS CLEAR THAT WE SPOKE 2 SEPARATE LANGUAGES. SO TODAY I LOVE EBONICS AND DON T FEEL INFERIOR OR LESS INTELLIGENT THAN ANYONE.IN FACT I SPEAK SEVERAL EUROPEAN LANGUAGES.

  • @rbeeyswan

    @rbeeyswan

    6 жыл бұрын

    Most Southern blacks have dealt with this attack & verbal abuse by Northern blacks 4 ever! Even when they see that the Southern black is in fact intelligent but they still refuge 2 see them as equals.

  • @wandasapp3698

    @wandasapp3698

    6 жыл бұрын

    +rbeeyswan northerners tend to think of us as a lower breed of African Americans because of our dialect. some of them tend to think they are a better breed of African Americans. they think we allow whites to run all over us. our intelligence does not have anything to do with the way words flow slowly from our mouths. also nobody on God's green earth know's how to deal with racism and bigotry better than a Southern breed African American.

  • @darkmatter7668

    @darkmatter7668

    6 жыл бұрын

    wanda sapp What's ironic about your post is that your punctuation throughout is terrible.

  • @peytonbell5637

    @peytonbell5637

    6 жыл бұрын

    wanda sapp im from Philly & every friend i have from the south feels the way you do. Where im from the out look wasnt that yall are "dumb" but not a cool "fly" or hip & up to date with the trends, stlyes ect....i was always suprised we felt like that bcuz in my day 90 % of our family started out down south.....my personal problem was that it didnt seem like there was anything to do down south. Not that the ppl were dumb....im a city boy, corner stores, skyscrapers and ppl up all night for me😂....but i love my down south ppl also💝

  • @louiserobinson8770
    @louiserobinson87706 жыл бұрын

    same thing in the U.K. my grandparents came from Jamaica to the U.K. had the education, but because of racism and they didn’t speak the queens English they were discriminated against , with my mother was born they make sure she spoke properly when in public and behind closed door she could speak patois. She said she felt like two different people , and the other children with stronger Caribbean accents got put in special classes. Even today you have to conform to thire interview techniques not based on ability but if you fit in 🙄🤦🏾‍♀️

  • @Yaya-mg8sb

    @Yaya-mg8sb

    6 жыл бұрын

    louise robinson their

  • @louiserobinson8770

    @louiserobinson8770

    6 жыл бұрын

    🤭😝

  • @tobin2517

    @tobin2517

    5 жыл бұрын

    You need to be understood. You need to be able to communicate in the common standard language.

  • @ZoeZuniga

    @ZoeZuniga

    3 жыл бұрын

    Oh yeah, UK is the worst for accent discrimination. They care so much about class there, even more than in the USA. they can tell what nieghborhood you are from and how much your family is worth after just one word out of your mouth.

  • @Passportbros8

    @Passportbros8

    2 жыл бұрын

    We black people in Africa call you black people in America african american s because that is the last string of attachment and connection that we have with you. Your oppressors made sure that when you were taken from africa that they stripped you of your traditional names. They did not allow our ancestors in America to have a single string of attachment or remembrance of africa. The oppressors of Black people in jamaica, and all over corribians, in south america, and all over the world allowed them to keep traits and their memories to the Motherland continent of africa. A jamaican Friend of mine Nico, told me that they in jamaica see the continent of africa as the motherland, and they will always remember that they are of african descent. this also goes for the black people all over the carribian and south america. The black people in the carribians, south america and more, still have remembrance of the continent of africa, that was passed down from their ancestors that were taken from the continent by force. These traits are dances, dresses, Music, Hair styles, and other traditional things that their ancestors brought with them from the continent. Calling black people in America, african american, allows them to remember their roots, for the generations after generation s of black people in America that are to come. Calling Black people in America, African American gives them that last string of attachment and connection to the continent of africa, to always remember that the continent of africa is were their ancestors were taken from. And that the continent of africa is were they have their roots. To always remind the generations that are to come that the continent is were our ancestors were taken from by force. My Friend, I hope you understand someday that all black people all over the world have Roots in the continent of africa. Not all black people are the same, the black people in Africa, have hundreds of thousands of beautiful different languages, tribes, and traditions; each is distinct in its own beauty. Yet they see themselves as all being black people, they love one anothers and treat one another as brothers and sisters. They are not divided amongst one another, or have hatred towards one another. All I want is for black people in America to embrace their african roots and to know that their ancestors came from the continent of africa. Black people all over the world know were their ancestors came from because of the things their ancestors past down to then through the generations. But black people in America Refuse to accept the fact that their ancestors were taken from west, central and east africa. They instead have a great hatred towards the continent and it's people. I believe that we black people need to be together. I believe that we black people need to love one another and treat one anothers as Brothers and sisters. You don't have to be born in Africa to be call african american, you don't have to know someone in Africa to be call african american. We black people African call you black people in America, African Americans because it is the only way for us to keep that Remembrance and Attachment between you and us. Black American has no meaning, it means you are a lost group of people, it means you have no identity. the europeans oppressed our black brothers and sisiters in the USA so horribly. They did not even allow our black people to keep a single trait of remembrance, memories, and connection to the continent, such as names, dances, customes, and more for our ancestors to use and remind the generations 1,2,3 and so on that we came from the black continent of africa. We black people in the continent of africa went through our oppression too. But our oppression can never compare to what you black people in America went through in the hands of the Europeans. Black people in america dont have those strings,traditions, dances, customes, more that they can use attach themselves to the continent. They recieved the worse oppresstion by the europeans. Black people in america calling themselves african americans allows them to have that last string of recognition and connection that their ancestors were taken from the continent. it allows them to remind the generations 1,2,3,and so on that they forfathers were taken from that continent even though they have never been in the continent or know someone specific in the entire continent. All I want is for black people in the USA to look at us black people in Africa as their brothers and sisters and not hate us with extreme hatred. All I want is for black people in America to embrace their roots in the black continent of africa, to see africa as a place where they can go and visit, and see people that look like them and to feel at home. We Black people in Africa don't look at you black people in America with hatred. We Black people in Africa welcome you black people in America and all over the world to come and visit the continent of africa. You will be truly welcome, by the king's, the chief, the Elders, and the people. They will see you and be happy. Forgive me if I offended you Brother. I thank you for reading my comment to the end. May God Bless You.

  • @b.l.1414
    @b.l.14145 жыл бұрын

    My God....this is incredible.

  • @cmoneytheman
    @cmoneytheman4 жыл бұрын

    never heard this but i know it will have all our slang and cut off words we still use we the most creative in history with words

  • @astrojazzman
    @astrojazzman6 жыл бұрын

    This album is Epic!!!

  • @PathfinderHistoryTravel
    @PathfinderHistoryTravel4 жыл бұрын

    This was very educational and helpful for me. I may have used the phrase “Proper English” but now I think I should use “Standard English”. But then I wonder, is there is there “proper” syntax or just “standard” syntax? Or grammar.

  • @sangredelic

    @sangredelic

    3 жыл бұрын

    Yes, it's called Recieved Pronunciation in Great Britain and Mid Atlantic accent here in the US. They're easier for everyone, especially those who speak English as a second language, to understand.

  • @Passportbros8

    @Passportbros8

    2 жыл бұрын

    We black people in Africa call you black people in America african american s because that is the last string of attachment and connection that we have with you. Your oppressors made sure that when you were taken from africa that they stripped you of your traditional names. They did not allow our ancestors in America to have a single string of attachment or remembrance of africa. The oppressors of Black people in jamaica, and all over corribians, in south america, and all over the world allowed them to keep traits and their memories to the Motherland continent of africa. A jamaican Friend of mine Nico, told me that they in jamaica see the continent of africa as the motherland, and they will always remember that they are of african descent. this also goes for the black people all over the carribian and south america. The black people in the carribians, south america and more, still have remembrance of the continent of africa, that was passed down from their ancestors that were taken from the continent by force. These traits are dances, dresses, Music, Hair styles, and other traditional things that their ancestors brought with them from the continent. Calling black people in America, african american, allows them to remember their roots, for the generations after generation s of black people in America that are to come. Calling Black people in America, African American gives them that last string of attachment and connection to the continent of africa, to always remember that the continent of africa is were their ancestors were taken from. And that the continent of africa is were they have their roots. To always remind the generations that are to come that the continent is were our ancestors were taken from by force. My Friend, I hope you understand someday that all black people all over the world have Roots in the continent of africa. Not all black people are the same, the black people in Africa, have hundreds of thousands of beautiful different languages, tribes, and traditions; each is distinct in its own beauty. Yet they see themselves as all being black people, they love one anothers and treat one another as brothers and sisters. They are not divided amongst one another, or have hatred towards one another. All I want is for black people in America to embrace their african roots and to know that their ancestors came from the continent of africa. Black people all over the world know were their ancestors came from because of the things their ancestors past down to then through the generations. But black people in America Refuse to accept the fact that their ancestors were taken from west, central and east africa. They instead have a great hatred towards the continent and it's people. I believe that we black people need to be together. I believe that we black people need to love one another and treat one anothers as Brothers and sisters. You don't have to be born in Africa to be call african american, you don't have to know someone in Africa to be call african american. We black people African call you black people in America, African Americans because it is the only way for us to keep that Remembrance and Attachment between you and us. Black American has no meaning, it means you are a lost group of people, it means you have no identity. the europeans oppressed our black brothers and sisiters in the USA so horribly. They did not even allow our black people to keep a single trait of remembrance, memories, and connection to the continent, such as names, dances, customes, and more for our ancestors to use and remind the generations 1,2,3 and so on that we came from the black continent of africa. We black people in the continent of africa went through our oppression too. But our oppression can never compare to what you black people in America went through in the hands of the Europeans. Black people in america dont have those strings,traditions, dances, customes, more that they can use attach themselves to the continent. They recieved the worse oppresstion by the europeans. Black people in america calling themselves african americans allows them to have that last string of recognition and connection that their ancestors were taken from the continent. it allows them to remind the generations 1,2,3,and so on that they forfathers were taken from that continent even though they have never been in the continent or know someone specific in the entire continent. All I want is for black people in the USA to look at us black people in Africa as their brothers and sisters and not hate us with extreme hatred. All I want is for black people in America to embrace their roots in the black continent of africa, to see africa as a place where they can go and visit, and see people that look like them and to feel at home. We Black people in Africa don't look at you black people in America with hatred. We Black people in Africa welcome you black people in America and all over the world to come and visit the continent of africa. You will be truly welcome, by the king's, the chief, the Elders, and the people. They will see you and be happy. Forgive me if I offended you Brother. I thank you for reading my comment to the end. May God Bless You.

  • @dualactionwisewater3256

    @dualactionwisewater3256

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@Passportbros8 Thank you for posting and your time. I've learned something today from your knowledge . May you have a healthy life with friends and family. Peace. ☮️🇺🇸😎

  • @Passportbros8

    @Passportbros8

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@dualactionwisewater3256 Much appreciated. Thank you for reading my comment.

  • @SycodelicMaleVEVO
    @SycodelicMaleVEVO4 жыл бұрын

    Wow.. you have so many good videos. am going to enjoy this tomorrow after I wake.

  • @LynnRedwine800
    @LynnRedwine8005 жыл бұрын

    My parents would never permit me to use improper terms, slang, shortcuts or silliness. This is why I find myself correcting others all of the time. I know that it irritates people but I am a just a product of my environment. It paid off when I entered college and again when I began my career. I am retired now and I have loosened up a little however, "black dialect" still causes me to cringe. It seems as though we have not come far at all.

  • @beekeeper2036

    @beekeeper2036

    5 жыл бұрын

    One & Only J. Korbyn 👍🏾

  • @MissMeMe343

    @MissMeMe343

    4 жыл бұрын

    By come far you mean become appeasing to white folks. We ain't interested sis

  • @ZoeZuniga

    @ZoeZuniga

    3 жыл бұрын

    It is interesting that black dialect and blaccents make you cringe. It could be that it is assosiated with poverty and opression to you. I know it is for me because honestly blacks who speak "standard English" tend to do better financially. the way you speak give away your class background right away on top of skin color. But I also know it can be a form of self expression, and self identity. So it is important to look at that. I guess that is why they tried to coin the term "ebonics" as a seperate but equally legit way of speaking.

  • @cammiosis

    @cammiosis

    3 жыл бұрын

    You can’t explain that taking on international ideas is the best way to move about the world . You will only sound offensive to people who do not understand the world. How can you communicate with people who do not want to speak like others and get offended when people speak like them?

  • @sunsetparadise7801

    @sunsetparadise7801

    2 жыл бұрын

    Good for you!

  • @esther5242
    @esther52424 жыл бұрын

    I Love this channel!!!

  • @amonic.2089
    @amonic.20894 жыл бұрын

    The narrator sounds like a Young Morgan Freeman.

  • @tonimarie9985

    @tonimarie9985

    4 жыл бұрын

    You could be right.

  • @AngelBDivine

    @AngelBDivine

    4 жыл бұрын

    Morgan Freeman was young?

  • @ShaSha-wt1fj

    @ShaSha-wt1fj

    4 жыл бұрын

    Angel B. Divine 😂that was funny

  • @GMANKOOL23

    @GMANKOOL23

    3 жыл бұрын

    No

  • @ewilliams8099
    @ewilliams80993 жыл бұрын

    This was incredible! I loved it!

  • @Arron413
    @Arron4138 ай бұрын

    The dialect sounds so normal to me that I don't hear anything unusual.

  • @sunshinegoddess1403
    @sunshinegoddess14035 жыл бұрын

    You're videos are very interesting. I feel as though I'm learning so much.

  • @kendricjonrs8581
    @kendricjonrs85812 жыл бұрын

    I LOVE Y'ALL for this! I WISH every Black child had this as a prerequisite before leaving elementary school.

  • @omalone1169

    @omalone1169

    10 ай бұрын

    26:00 language difficulties regularly give us false impressions about intelligence

  • @peacefullyme5979
    @peacefullyme59793 жыл бұрын

    This was really helpful. Speaking in a universal language.

  • @rg5856
    @rg58565 жыл бұрын

    Sh#t we are bilingual too. English language and neighborhood. We just mix them together often

  • @tianitra
    @tianitra6 жыл бұрын

    now everyone speaks elements of black English/ Ebonics

  • @nothingnewunderthesun539

    @nothingnewunderthesun539

    6 жыл бұрын

    Tianitra they sure do the whole world uses Black American slang

  • @gottogofishing4929

    @gottogofishing4929

    6 жыл бұрын

    "Word"

  • @hijabmeup7778

    @hijabmeup7778

    6 жыл бұрын

    when we are jive talking and playing.

  • @ngairehodge8566

    @ngairehodge8566

    6 жыл бұрын

    Antonio Gonzalez True.

  • @elizabethlouiserice4420

    @elizabethlouiserice4420

    6 жыл бұрын

    Tia truth 😘

  • @ririjanemillz
    @ririjanemillz4 жыл бұрын

    It's not just language I know black men who have deep voices and their bosses preferred them to speak softer as well

  • @ZoeZuniga

    @ZoeZuniga

    3 жыл бұрын

    very astute. White people are so afraid of the physicality of black males especially when they are taller, more muscular etc. you have to "white it up" to survive and be seen as not a threat if you are a larger black male person.

  • @davalddert5359
    @davalddert53592 жыл бұрын

    Remember. Our black african ancestors were stripped of everything, brought here and had to learn a new language. But were not allowed to read for hundreds of years.

  • @josevillagrana571

    @josevillagrana571

    2 жыл бұрын

    Now that's a bullshit excuse 😂😂😂😂

  • @BossmanJames96

    @BossmanJames96

    2 жыл бұрын

    Sounds like well known facts to me.

  • @christinet6336
    @christinet63364 жыл бұрын

    Sadly, I disagree with many of the comments listed below. I think Ebonics sounds horrible and I think it can close a lot of doors for intelligent people. I understand that once children learn Ebonics during their early brain development that it is almost impossible for them to learn anything else, but I still think we should try to get children to speak properly. It’s too hard for the general public worldwide to accept or get used to broken English and improper grammar tense. One can be super intelligent and have many doors close because they speak poorly. I think it sets a bad precedent for children to be taught that this is acceptable English in an English-speaking country.

  • @ZoeZuniga

    @ZoeZuniga

    3 жыл бұрын

    To the white or Asian American ear etc, black dialects of all kinds sound seedy, cheap, and uneducated (though some of them have some beauty. there are so many different black dialects and accents.) But those who speak a more standard English are the people in power so we need to be able to speak thier language to survive. If you identify it as a dialect and teach white or standard English as a second language people might feel less conflicted about betraying thier culture etc.

  • @kimjohnson8471
    @kimjohnson84715 жыл бұрын

    O!M!G!!! My English teacher played this for us in 5th or 6th grade. It was the mid-70's. Although it was an all black school, I was often teased & called "white girl" (still am😎). I was talking to my husband about this just a few weeks ago. Thank you...ty...THANK YOU for posting this.

  • @BrotherKnowtheledge
    @BrotherKnowtheledge4 жыл бұрын

    To make it in this world, we must be professional. Can't be hood all the time. This video is very educational.

  • @ZoeZuniga

    @ZoeZuniga

    3 жыл бұрын

    Right, i wish this issue was talked about more openly. it is really important and no body talks about it staight. Black English isn't wrong but people kind of need to learn white English as a second language to be seen as non threatening and to survive outside the hood. it is useful to learn white English. I think schools should make this clear that it isnt better, its just sirvival. instead the school system and even some black teachers make black people feel bad about speaking differntly at home. if it was seen as a second language people wouldnt feel like they are betraying thier identity when they learn white English.

  • @gamewarrior666
    @gamewarrior6666 жыл бұрын

    i'm hear because i found this lp at my local goodwill.

  • @alvinjones670
    @alvinjones6704 жыл бұрын

    INTERESTING THANKS FOR THE UPLOAD!!!

  • @WhoToldYouThatAtlanta
    @WhoToldYouThatAtlanta6 жыл бұрын

    Whoa this is tragically TRUE today! I recently had to tutor an 11 year old black female who was born and raised in the city and her speech was atrocious! The incorrect grammar was only the tip of the iceberg! She was failing the 4th grade because her reading and comprehension level was on a 2nd grade level. Her lack of enthusiasm was perpetuated by home environment which condoned and contributed to her broken English dialect! It was the saddest thing I had witnessed! So albeit considered racist by some of the comments below it is the sad reality!

  • @Yaya-mg8sb

    @Yaya-mg8sb

    6 жыл бұрын

    WHO TOLD YOU THAT!? Notice how few agree? Some people believe anything😞

  • @annavonn6464

    @annavonn6464

    5 жыл бұрын

    True! There is an example of educated person! No excuses!

  • @annavonn6464

    @annavonn6464

    5 жыл бұрын

    April Dawn 😂 lmao! U write like u speak that’s extra problem, whom was a gifted n talented nominee?! Afraid to ask of what since u forgot to mention! Just stop embarrassing urself! I’m not talking about typos or just miss spelling, the whole structure of ur comment is whack! No one would understand what the fuck u saying, oh yeas besides Ebonics speakers! Stay there! No problem, don’t tell smo discriminates u... hahaha, what a dummy! Thanks for the laugh!

  • @spudgybricks

    @spudgybricks

    5 жыл бұрын

    Hmm. Most of us learn to code switch to succeed in school. I don't understand why no one told the girl there is formal and informal speech or why she didn't realize her self. Sounds like someone slipped through the cracks

  • @ZoeZuniga

    @ZoeZuniga

    3 жыл бұрын

    I get it, People need to be able to speak white English to get jobs, survive and be understood outside of thier home culture. But people are made to feel like traitors if they speak differently from thier parents in the black community sometimes. So it needs to be taught as a second dialect, or something , instead of making people feel like they are wrong for speaking the way they do. People who come from Asian families, latino families etc don't have the same issue with learning white English even if thier parents can't speak English at all. it is more clear cut. they just speak the native language at home but they know that they must adapt and speak English out at work or at school. If we start to realize black English is a sub dialect or dialects, or even a diffferent language maybe people will be more willing to "code switch" without feeling uncomfortable about it. The last thing that little girl should do is go home and start correcting her family or friends or critizising people or feeling superior. it will just cause friction. It is a little like what happened to native Americans and indegiginous Australian kids who were removed to bording schools and made to give up thier language and culture. It isnt the same because there is no clear African lineage or language handed down since people were uprooted from many parts of Africa so there is no cohesive language left from Africa. it is more like "pidgin" but still part of a disctinct seperate culture. white dialect needs to be taught while recognizing why people talk the way they do at home.

  • @metabutch
    @metabutch6 жыл бұрын

    you gots to be able to codeswitch... No one ever talks about how it was that African Americans "learned" to speak English. I would love to learn more about that process (psychedelic!).

  • @Yaya-mg8sb

    @Yaya-mg8sb

    6 жыл бұрын

    metabutch gots is not a word.

  • @spudgybricks

    @spudgybricks

    5 жыл бұрын

    Yeah. Honestly in my case, I was taught to speak properly first then I learned the other way to fit in.

  • @joeydiamonds6200

    @joeydiamonds6200

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@spudgybricks this is all it is.

  • @Arron413
    @Arron4138 ай бұрын

    It took me years to learn the King's English. I now speak with complete fluency, with the exact same diction that an Oxford University professor utilizes.

  • @s.wright6945
    @s.wright69454 жыл бұрын

    .... and all the racist trolls show up! I'm English and like listening to Ebonics and trust me I would rather spend my time with African Americans than small minded racist trolls. 🖤🙏🏼

  • @denerorahming7298
    @denerorahming72986 жыл бұрын

    I can dig it...

  • @juliannewland2050
    @juliannewland20505 жыл бұрын

    It's poppin like a hip bone

  • @patandersen4271
    @patandersen42716 жыл бұрын

    You deserve a million subscribers and views!!.

  • @flyleelee5351
    @flyleelee53514 жыл бұрын

    Morgan Freeman been doing voice-overs forever!

  • @NoBullsh_t

    @NoBullsh_t

    3 жыл бұрын

    This him? Thought he sounded like Billie D

  • @yygg4720

    @yygg4720

    2 жыл бұрын

    are you sure? this does not sound like Morgan Freeman at all

  • @JD-xt8cj

    @JD-xt8cj

    11 ай бұрын

    From what I’ve heard, it might be Morgan Freeman, but no one knows for sure

  • @kafunamasinde2265
    @kafunamasinde22656 жыл бұрын

    YO I SWEAR THAT IS MORGAN FREEMAN .....PLEASE CONFIRM!!!!!???????

  • @theeyeinthesky3854
    @theeyeinthesky38544 жыл бұрын

    Wow! This should be listened in all schools.at a different grades.! Let's learn something for once end for all.for all.wow! Very interesting piece of history.priceless!

  • @originalandrewmark
    @originalandrewmark2 жыл бұрын

    I member that right after this cameout, the EBONICS debate was suddenly in our face and represented the teachers difficulties, and called it disruptive and not proper. The CRT of the day in 1972!

  • @ownerfate
    @ownerfate3 жыл бұрын

    " while I was in the *Kitchenet* " -- I have never heard of it pronounced like that, interesting.

  • @joycecomegys5835
    @joycecomegys58354 жыл бұрын

    Thanks so much for sharing...no wonder Dick & Jane made no sense to me when I was a kid.

  • @ZoeZuniga

    @ZoeZuniga

    3 жыл бұрын

    I dont think it made sense to anyone. I didnt learn to read until I was 8 years old, two years later than everyone else in my schools and I think it had a lot to do with feeling so alien from those three kids, dick Jane and little sister Sally. and I was raised by a white mom! I can only imagine how that shit sounded to other people.

  • @joycecomegys5835

    @joycecomegys5835

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@ZoeZuniga I know I could bearly get through it made no sense to me, and all the time I thought it was me and it was them.

  • @johangambleputty7658
    @johangambleputty76583 жыл бұрын

    This is fascinating.

  • @deedee_southerngirl
    @deedee_southerngirl4 жыл бұрын

    I have a B.A. in English. Wrote a term paper on Ebonics. I speak Ebonics, as well as "proper English". HOWEVER, when I speak grammatically correct/"proper English" I DO NOT change the tone/sound of my voice to sound white. That's silly and shows a lack of self-esteem, a poor self-image and a serious inferiority complex.

  • @ZoeZuniga

    @ZoeZuniga

    3 жыл бұрын

    Right, we need to make a distinction between a dialect with differnt grammatical structure and speaking standard English with a black accent.

  • @shareebrown727
    @shareebrown7274 жыл бұрын

    "I'm to' up NOW." Lmao!! NO ONE would actually say that in a formal setting...

  • @king10adem
    @king10adem6 жыл бұрын

    Thorough and insightful. Mi like dis.

  • @USlisa50
    @USlisa504 жыл бұрын

    Must be something wrong with my hearing. I understand the language quite well

  • @kellysims5732
    @kellysims57323 жыл бұрын

    My how things have changed. And how they stay the same

  • @GOTTshua
    @GOTTshua4 жыл бұрын

    I would rather work in a machine shop than in an office with a name-plate. One has to start somewhere and work one's way up. Often, by learning ALL of the other positions at a workplace, one can be a better manager than those who have NO experience.