The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #48479   Message #730286
Posted By: Butch
14-Jun-02 - 08:18 PM
Thread Name: Minstrel Shows, Part Two
Subject: RE: Minstrel Shows, Part Two
I believe not. I know whites from certain parts of Virginia that still speak in this manner. If the dialect is accurate, why change it? We would use dialect if this were two New England Yankees or German farmers in early America, why does race figure into this?