The Story Of English Program 5 Black On White complete
Program five in the series Story of English examines the origins of Black English, beginning with the influx of Africans to the American continent caused by the slave trade. In the American south, Gullah is spoken on the Sea Islands near the South Carolina coast. The old plantations bred a different strain and other regions of the south are equally unique. Footage of pidgin English speakers in West Africa is also featured. This video also discusses the roots of rap, the uses of rap in public schools, and jive talk with Cab Calloway -- including showing the efforts of non-African-American entertainers to utilize the style, with mixed success.
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I wish everyone in America would watch this to better understand the history and importance of black speech and culture. The rest of the series is great, too.
It'll be sad day when those old dialects are gone. Because they are part of us.
Love the information in this video!
Gotta thank my language/composition teacher for telling me about this, it's really interesting. Never knew how much influence blacks had on shaping the Southern accent (or, rather, many of its various dialects).
Thank you John!
Great documentary!
is this video available in Spanish?
This is the corrected episode 5. my original incorrect upload has been deleted
@johncfowles
4 жыл бұрын
@Nelson Robert Willis You know Robert I really cannot remember!
RIP Gran Tone
Wow ! Not a single racist comment ! How refreshing !
@steerpike1359
6 жыл бұрын
Rick Smith 💩😀
@steerpike1359
6 жыл бұрын
Rick Smith Words hurt the most, do the most damage ! You must know that ! " Sticks and stones...etc. " is a nursery rhyme for children, nonsense, like most nursery rhymes. Don't be such a BOOB !
the editing on part one is devistating... LOL...
I am just wondering what year this documentary was recorded/ published
@stevesmith3992
6 жыл бұрын
C.1985
@paulmanson253
6 жыл бұрын
Chantal Toso If you are interested your local library may have a copy of the companion book. Same title,The Story of English. Well worth reading. Or abe books for purchase.
@giuseppelogiurato5718
6 жыл бұрын
Chantal Toso 1986
@paulmanson253
6 жыл бұрын
Giuseppe LoGiurato 1986 is the year I remember watching it. There is another, British series on YT as good as this one. No idea of year on that.
@giuseppelogiurato5718
6 жыл бұрын
paul manson indeed, there is a newer UK version; almost the same show really, but I'm guessing it's from the early 2000's based on the technological terminology featured therein.
The lack of humanity by "the" white man is uncanny. Apologies to the real ones. GBTG ✌️😎❤️
Wow... A lot has changed in the last 30 years, at least linguistically... The language of this program would NOT go over well in today's academic climate... The words "The Blacks" sound very harsh to 21st century ears... As if dark-skinned people were a different race than light-skinned people, or something moronic like that.
OK is not of African derivation, it is from medieval French. In the south of France, a variant of French, called langue d'Oc prevailed. For yes, they said " oc " rather than " oui " For similar reasons the word for "eight" in French is not of Latin derivation like the rest ( un, deux, trois etc. ) but is " huit " Oct sounded too much like "oc " and, as langue d'Oc had aquired a reputation as a peasant language, the Northern French used the more genteel sounding " huit ". But it is from " oc " that we get our " OK " not from a slave patois.
@dr.mansabansuphd172
6 жыл бұрын
WRONG! It is AFRIKAN and predates "medieval France."
@LisaBeergutHolst
4 жыл бұрын
There are dozens of proposed origins, and Occitan is one of the more obscure ones. I'd be more cautious about it: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_proposed_etymologies_of_OK
@zinaustro
3 жыл бұрын
No one really knows for sure my friend. He's careful to say "the most likely origin" because no one really knows.