tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11379798.post112887606157783985..comments2024-03-26T18:07:49.812-07:00Comments on Debsweb: ParadoxDebhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05459751273157119630noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11379798.post-1128962613737965952005-10-10T09:43:00.000-07:002005-10-10T09:43:00.000-07:00Actually what bothers me is the lack of grammar, s...Actually what bothers me is the lack of grammar, such as how you be? and for a word that absolutely set me off: it is ask, not aks. You ask someone, not aksed. There are a few others, but what happens is that it contributes to other people perceptions that the black race is not as intellectually endowed.<BR/><BR/>I hate that. When people meet me and talk to me for a little while, a good majority of them will say "you are so smart" in a tone of wonder that I find insulting. It is my own personal baggage, but after 40 plus years it is getting old.<BR/><BR/>Just make an effort, that is all I ask. If Asian, Indian, Irish, Germans and Italians can do it, why not blacks whose families have lived her for hundreds of years. They all seem to have a tv set, so they are exposed to the former "kings english".<BR/><BR/>I hate sounding racist, but something has got to change. I learned to speak proper english and my dad was black and mom didn't speak english as first language. A love of reading helps.Debhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05459751273157119630noreply@blogger.com