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Mr. Obama is not well-spoken, he stutters, stammers, and pauses at inappropriate times. Mr. Obama is, however, articulate with an excellent vocabulary. He also enunciates well. There is a difference.
Generally if I think about President Obama speaking, the first word that pops into my mind is "uh", which he says all the time.
The rest of his words sound really good, but I tend to tune them out and not remember them becuase the content is just so much liberal nonsense.
It's a free country so you can be annoyed or offended by it if you want to but no it isn't offensive in and of itself. It's just your personal reaction to it. Ebonics does exist and it isn't proper American English. That's just plain fact.
Same as me being from the South. I can be offended by the condescension shown towards people from my region if I want to, but it isn't just plain offensive. Rednecks do exist and I encounter them pretty much every time I leave the house.
It's my right to be offended, but it isn't my right to try to suppress something which is true merely because I find it to be offensive. Truth doesn't have a value judgment attached to it. People who speak ebonics are not speaking proper English. That's just the way it is. Being offended at stereotypes is a personal choice you're free to make. But you're not free to declare it offensive for society at large just because you don't like it. I'd prefer it if every time you see a Southern character on TV or in a movie they didn't feel it necessary to have the person say "Y'all" but I'm not going to go writing letters of protest over it or anything. The fact is people around here do in fact say "y'all". The stereotype is true.
Good post. More people should listen to these words.
Stereotyping is exactly what it is, not racism. We all experience stereotyping once in a while. I'm blonde and from Texas, you can bet there is a lot of stereotyping about those things. It doesn't bother me though. Why should I care what strangers think of me? Anyone who knows me knows I'm not like the stereotype.
There are always exceptions. This isn't racism, and It's barely stereotyping. The fact that there was a big push to add ebonics to school curriculums sort of suggests it's beyond a simple stereotype.
I do know much older people, set in their ways i guess. And i hear them talking about someone in general say, oh she is so well spoken, or he is such a well soft spoken man. Or he was so articulate etc.
But not addressing the issue of only black people, anyone in particular they are talking about.
On the other hand i rarely hear people say that a black person is so well spoken, most back people i know, are well spoken and damn smart to boot.
Generally if I think about President Obama speaking, the first word that pops into my mind is "uh", which he says all the time.
The rest of his words sound really good, but I tend to tune them out and not remember them becuase the content is just so much liberal nonsense.
That's where we differ. I believe that you must "know thine enemy". If I said "I have no idea what Romney said in the debate because I didn't listen".. how can I expect to have credibility when I call him names? Furthermore... I've never been the sort to hate a person for intrinsics. Admit it, you wouldn't vote for Obama even if he was Republican.... the fact that he is a black man is all you need to know... that's pathetic and it has cost you more than you know.
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