Thanks for that interesting article.

As to this point:
"With regartAs After the war, and especially after 1970, migration to Southern cities was as likely to come from the North as the South.."

One thing that the article didn't mention is the significant numbers of African Americans who are moving to the South. Some are moving 'back' to the South {to the states where their ancestors lived}. But some {like me} have no known Southern relatives and are still moving to the South. Atlanta, Ga -in particular- is a favored city for African Americans from the East and Midwest...But my sister, and other family members recently moved to North Carolina and Virginia.

This is also going to have some affect on Southern dialect.

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And BTW, that article mentioned African American Vernacular English {which for a time was called 'Ebonics'}. Just for the record, I want to note that not all African Americans speak African American Vernacular English.

But some of the time some folks-like me-conciously will mix some contemporary Hip-Hop ways of talking with traditional Ebonics.

That way we can get get our talk off in a bilingual way just to add more flava to the mix, yaknowwhatumsayin?

It ain't about bein jive-it's about being real.
Cause it bes that way some time.



Azizi


Azizi