>Many blacks do speak differently. That doesn't make it a subject for mockery.
Why not? Protected class? You mock the way W speaks. We mock the way Valley Girls speak. "Gayspeak" is charactured all the time.
Patronizing is another form of prejudice. I guarantee you Moorehouse grads mock ghettospeak just as I mock West Virginia Hillbillyspeak.
(and I've heard urban blacks make fun of the way I talk ... that, of course, is just *wrong*!)
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>>Why Mike! That implies that you think that black people speak differently than white people. Sounds prejudiced to me.
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>>>Humor among whom? Sure sounds like a white person making fun of the way black people speak.
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>>>>Axe, skreet, mane, etc are all colloquialisms from my hood. It's used as a tool of humor.
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>>>>>Yesterday it was a reference to Allah (even though you should certainly know by now Obama is not Muslim). Today it's "axe." Are you positive you're not prejudiced?
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