And for an example of Black dialect talk, check out----Bobert!

Seriously...

Yes, I know that Bobert is what we call a blue eyed soul brother..
which is not the same as a Black wannabe [or wannabe Black].

So does this mean that there is little difference between White Southern dialects and what people refer to as Black Southern dialect? I don't know. I'm not a linguist. But there certainly seems to be a lot of similarities to me.

But my point in bringing up the topic of Southern dialect in this thread is that-rightly or wrongly-I believe [outside of higher education discussions/study]one sure way of turning off Black people in the early 21st century is to sing a minstrel song or share a poem that is full of Black Southern dialect.

"Southern dialect" talk is associated with slavery and Black people have been taught to be ashamed of their slave ancestry

Dialect is associated with someone from the rural area which equals "country" which equals "hick."

Take African American poet Paul Laurence Dunbar for example. Dunbar is best known for his writings in dialect because that is what the White folks would buy. Because he is seen as a dialect poet, Paul Laurence Dunbar is no longer respected by contemporary Black Americans and even poems praising Black people such as "When Malindy Sings" are seldom recited now. Here is that poem:

WHEN MALINDAY SINGS

G'way an' quit dat noise, Miss Lucy-
Put dat music book away;
What's de use to keep on tryin'?
Ef you practise twell you're gray...

You ain't got de nachel o'gans
Fu' to make de soun' come right,
You ain't got de tu'ns an' twistin's
Fu' to make it sweet an' light....

Easy 'nough fu' folk to hollah,
Lookin' at de lines an' dots,
When dey ain't no one kin sence it,
An' de chune comes in, in spots.

Source: http://www.english.uiuc.edu/maps/poets/a_f/dunbar/malindy.htm

-snip-

Although I like the spirit this poem, some of its words are difficult to understand. For instance, what is the meaning of:
"When dey ain't no one kin sence it,
An' de chune comes in, in spots." ???