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SemperEadem

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23. yeah, I went throught that, too...

Fri Apr 12, 2013, 10:24 PM

Apr 2013

after a while, you're just "whatevs..."

My father was an educator and his sister was an educator, my mom was a school nurse and everyone in their social circle were professionals like that. None of them talked "black"... and I had better not come into the room talking like I had no sense. They sent my siblings and I to parochial schools and were the kind of parents who arrived first at the parent/teacher conferences. If they didn't hear what they wanted to hear about my progress, there was going to be hell to pay when they got home.

The older I get, the more I am thankful that my parents and family kept on me about how I talked--they kept on me about learning to read and write. I did the same with my daughter because it didn't kill me--it made me stronger.

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Black people who talk white--What does talking white mean? [View all] Jamaal510 Mar 2013 OP

you talk like an American mitchtv Mar 2013 #1

It's not my video. Jamaal510 Mar 2013 #9

I think the video covers it well ProgressiveProfessor Mar 2013 #2

I think Obama went through some of that. tblue Mar 2013 #5

I wonder, if the question is still being asked, if that is the new response? "Why... Moonwalk Mar 2013 #10

Where? Growing up in Hawaii he would have had other pressures ProgressiveProfessor Mar 2013 #13

I used to get bullied for being tblue Mar 2013 #3

Our problem was that they tried to bully my daughter off campus and lost the fight ProgressiveProfessor Mar 2013 #6

You mean she beat up 3 girls?! tblue Mar 2013 #7

Both my daughters are amazons ProgressiveProfessor Mar 2013 #11

OMG! Not the weave......... TheDebbieDee May 2013 #27

I never thought about that. I talk to people with respect and I don't care how their southernyankeebelle Mar 2013 #4

It's something you wouldn't have noticed JustAnotherGen Apr 2013 #16

Interesting comments. In my experiences of life I always grew up with diversity living on southernyankeebelle Apr 2013 #17

My parents marriage JustAnotherGen Apr 2013 #18

I see what you mean. I guess calling it a bubble is about right. You know I never knew anything southernyankeebelle Apr 2013 #19

Totally Off Topic JustAnotherGen Apr 2013 #20

LOL, I dad met momma after the war. Funny you should mention Mussolini. My grandfather southernyankeebelle Apr 2013 #21

It's a great rant. I have a friend who had the same issue, and I remember some of what he... Moonwalk Mar 2013 #8

I grew up in an all black environment Number23 Mar 2013 #12

me too...straight out of compton noiretextatique May 2013 #30

Heh. I tend to think "hood" folks like us are the smartest ones around. Number23 May 2013 #33

My son hears it all the time. mzteris Mar 2013 #14

It's spot on JustAnotherGen Apr 2013 #15

How I got my education on the subject. kwassa Apr 2013 #22

where i grew up, everyone was from the south noiretextatique May 2013 #31

My girlfriend of the time took me to Compton kwassa May 2013 #34

yeah, I went throught that, too... SemperEadem Apr 2013 #23

Fascinating video! Pterodactyl Apr 2013 #24

Every black person in this country is bilingual: The Street and Job Interview MrScorpio May 2013 #25

I used to hear this alot, its gotten better since BOs been Prez-nt Anansi1171 May 2013 #26

I grew up deep in the heart of West Oakland, going to a Catholic grammer school right across demosincebirth May 2013 #28

I have that problem. bravenak May 2013 #29

i think most educated or well-spoken black people noiretextatique May 2013 #32

Some people have an odd idea that "talking black" means sounding like Honey Boo Boo. MADem Jun 2013 #35

Kick JustAnotherGen Jun 2013 #36

I've been told I sound like a bill collector. onpatrol98 Jun 2013 #37