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Originally Posted by Lux
if language and culture go hand in hand
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That's the case of all dialects in the world, have you ever seen a dialect that is not connected to a culture?
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Originally Posted by Lux
then these comments are racist.
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Nothing racist was said in this thread, give me a break.
Wishing that a specific group of underprivileged children would be taught the correct way to speak a language is not racism, that's called "education".
For any other children, teaching them correct English, proper grammar and spelling is considered normal education, of course you teach kids how to speak correctly, nobody questions that, but if it's black kids… Ooh no, normal for everyone but not black kids, black kids can't learn correct English, they can only speak slang and nothing else can be taught to them. To me, this is where racism is, not the other way around.
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Originally Posted by Lux
who is african american here?
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Yeah, we know your strict opinion on that, if you're not gay, you can't participate to a gay-related topic, if you're not female, you can't participate to a female-related topic, and now if you're not black, you can't participate to a black-related topic.
If we followed your rules, we wouldn't have any discussion at all because you can always find a reason why someone should not be allowed to give their opinion.
Anyway, this thread is about linguistics, and anyone interested (whatever the color of their skin) is free to answer.