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Am I the only one with trouble understanding black people accent? Some call it Ebonics. English is not my first language. I'm sometimes scared of talking to q black person, especially one from the inner city, because I really have trouble unders5anding their accent.
The authors also presented this equally plausible explanation:
Dupree and Fiske suspect that the behavior stems from a liberal person’s desire to connect with other races. One possible reason for the “competence downshift,” as the authors describe it, is that, regardless of race, people tend to downplay their competence when they want to appear likeable and friendly. But it’s also possible that “this is happening because people are using common stereotypes in an effort to get along,” Dupree says.
Perhaps conservatives don't sincerely want to connect....so it's equally interesting the explanation that people choose to accept.
the tone of this feels weird. it feels like a lot of white conservatives pointing at racist white liberals and saying "see, they're racist too"! i don't know. i feel like both white conservatives and white liberals, instead of pointing fingers at each other, need to realize that other people exist and listen to other people's opinions... and not just what another white person thinks about them. it's like none of y'all really care what minorities opinions really are, you just use minorities as weapons to get at the other side.
Am I the only one with trouble understanding black people accent? Some call it Ebonics. English is not my first language. I'm sometimes scared of talking to q black person, especially one from the inner city, because I really have trouble unders5anding their accent.
When I was in Appalachia a little girl told me she wanted a "back" for Christmas. I said what? all the other kids chimmed in a "back. " A teacher told me "bike."
Am I the only one with trouble understanding black people accent? Some call it Ebonics. English is not my first language. I'm sometimes scared of talking to q black person, especially one from the inner city, because I really have trouble unders5anding their accent.
I don't have this issue, but I have a very hard time understanding people from certain parts of Louisiana and Mississippi who have a thick accent. I also have a hard time understanding Australian and British accents on television shows and will usually choose to use the captioning (but I had very minimal difficulty when I was in London a couple years ago). I work with foreign teens who have a wide variety of accents and I am generally pretty good with understanding them, so it is frustrating and weird to me that I have trouble deciphering the accents of some native English speakers.
It is what it is. It isn't anything to be afraid of. If you make it a point to speak clearly yourself and to say "I'm sorry, I didn't understand that. Can you repeat it?" the other person will generally also strive to speak more clearly. Also, the more you are exposed to an accent or dialect, the easier it is to understand.
When I was in Appalachia a little girl told me she wanted a "back" for Christmas. I said what? all the other kids chimmed in a "back. " A teacher told me "bike."
the tone of this feels weird. it feels like a lot of white conservatives pointing at racist white liberals and saying "see, they're racist too"! i don't know. i feel like both white conservatives and white liberals, instead of pointing fingers at each other, need to realize that other people exist and listen to other people's opinions... and not just what another white person thinks about them. it's like none of y'all really care what minorities opinions really are, you just use minorities as weapons to get at the other side.
I feel the same way.
Ever hear of "code switching"? That's something people of color are very used to doing in various situations. It sounds like a lot of white people, regardless of political ideology (though not all) are just not used to doing because they're used to be in culturally dominant situations, so they have less need to do that.
Problem is, code switching is something that has to be developed or practiced so it looks natural. Most white people aren't adept at that, and if they're trying to use, say, black vernacular, to a group of African Americans, if they're not practiced in it, it looks awkward or even patronizing.
One of the few Caucasians who can pull that off is Father Michael Pfleger of St. Sabina's in Chicago, a Catholic priest who serves a predominantly African American parish, and is well known for his social and community activism. And that's because he's authentic and shows it with his actions.
Yeah ok Noah, its a coincidence that humans and chimps share 96% DNA and that we are 10times more closely related than are mice and rats.
But you are a Marine so I'll cut you slack. hahaha Marines are the best.
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