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Thread #86490 Message #1608708
Posted By: Azizi
19-Nov-05 - 02:33 AM
Thread Name: BS: Racial No-nos
Subject: RE: BS: Racial No-nos
Racial no no
2. Use of African American slave dialect [such as that used by the
African American poet Paul Laurence Dunbar]in most public settings
except in the context of higher level educational discussions &
study of history and culture and even there, I would suggest that
Whites or non-Whites tred carefully and make your purpose for
including this creative work or folkloric material clear.
BTW, by "higher level educational discussions & study", I'm talking
about in depth discussions & studies that are more than superficial, short overviews that are engaged in by children [of average intelligence] who are 5th grade and older {I'm admittedly being arbitrary in the grade I select}.