This thread isn't about the very few if any People of Color who regularly post on Mudcat. Yet it's a fact that Blues music was started by African Americans. And there are still a number of African Americans who are interested in performing, hearing, and/or writing about Blues music. Some of this population might even find this thread by way of Google or via other Internet search engines.

However, in my opinion, the use of so-called African American dialectical English such as that in Little Hawk's 08 Oct 10 - 11:46 AM post and and perhaps also Old Dude's thread title is one way of discouraging African Americans from posting on this forum. The use of such languaging even if it's well meaning, as I believe its use is in this thread/thread title might also turn off Black people and other people from perusing other Mudcat threads.

Maybe that's not a concern for Mudcatters. But, as a former very active member of this forum, it's something that I'm still concerned about.

I'll take gnu's word that there are over 800 archived Mudcat threads on the Blues. In addition to those threads, there are many more interesting and informative Mudcat threads about music and about other subjects that might be of interest to individuals-including Black individuals, and other individuals of Color. It would be a shame if the casual, comic use of so-called Black American dialect turned people away from perusing Mudcat resources.

My suggestion to people who might be turned off by this use of dialect is to still check out information & commentary found in numerous Mudcat music threads by using this forum's search engine and/or by entering key words plus "Mudcat" into Google search engine.

Some of the language used in certain threads may be a real turn off, but sometimes the thread's content is still worthwhile.