English Spoken Here

Started by walkstall, May 07, 2015, 03:24:59 PM

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walkstall

A good read.


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O f course, the Freddie Gray riots in Baltimore last week prompted the usual cries for "an honest conversation about race," and countless appeals to fix the "broken" public school system. So, in the spirit of those pleas, I will advance a very plain and straightforward idea: above all, teach young black kids how to speak English correctly.


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http://kunstler.com/clusterfuck-nation/english-spoken-here/#more-5624

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tac

Teach them how to pull their pants up first!  :rolleyes: Teaching them to speak English might be seen as racist!

TboneAgain

Quote from: walkstall on May 07, 2015, 03:24:59 PM
A good read.


snip~
O f course, the Freddie Gray riots in Baltimore last week prompted the usual cries for "an honest conversation about race," and countless appeals to fix the "broken" public school system. So, in the spirit of those pleas, I will advance a very plain and straightforward idea: above all, teach young black kids how to speak English correctly.


more @
http://kunstler.com/clusterfuck-nation/english-spoken-here/#more-5624

If you sound like an asshole, most people will treat you like an asshole. If you sound like a street punk.....
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