Insulted by Ebonics - Do you unknowingly stereo type other people?

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Permalink Reply by Michael R. on July 7, 2009 at 3:26am

Not in the squared circle, he isn't.

Permalink Reply by Cissi Sherlock on July 6, 2009 at 10:07am

"Sweetie", urban slang or a term of endearment>

Permalink Reply by Victoria Finch on July 6, 2009 at 10:11am

You're funny Cissi...

Permalink Reply by Cissi Sherlock on July 6, 2009 at 10:26am

For some reason, people always tell me that!

I started my group. We can all use a little comic relief and we can get as raw as we want.

Everyone needs and outlet.

Now - back to topic!

Permalink Reply by Cissi Sherlock on July 6, 2009 at 10:49am

Actually, Chris, the term "Ebonics" defining the slang destruction of the English language commonly attributed to ghettos and Black People may have come into use in the 1970, but Ebonics as you all know it came as a surprise to our people because we have been using it all along. Heck, just like June Teenth! We just didn't know?

June Teenth would be considered an Ebonic term. I was introduced to that as a holiday when I moved to Texas in the 1970''s.

Does anyone know what June Teenth is?

Victoria, this discussion has just evolved!

Permalink Reply by Cissi Sherlock on July 6, 2009 at 11:10am

Actually, before this exchange, I had not heard the term "Ebonics" in a while. Who made up that word, anyway???????????????????????

I would still like to know if anyone is familiar with the holiday "June Teenth"?

Permalink Reply by Cissi Sherlock on July 6, 2009 at 11:24am

The Emancipation Proclamation was to go into effect in July of 1863.

There were certain areas of the south where black people did no hear about what they were freed for two and a h...

Where I got to Texas, it was a full-fledged celebration, celebrated just at the 4th of July. By the time I returned to Indiana, the concept of June Teenth had made it here. That was in 1986.

June Teenth can be considered an Ebonic term.

See Victoria, I brought it back around!!!!!

Permalink Reply by Cissi Sherlock on July 6, 2009 at 11:33am

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Permalink Reply by Admin Smaller Indiana on July 6, 2009 at 11:07pm

Yes, June Teenth - It is a Texas thing.. June 19. My understanding is that was they day news of the emancipation proclamation reach Texas, significantly after much of the rest of the country heard the news.

Things are bigger in Texas, just not always faster

Permalink Reply by John Cannon on July 7, 2009 at 10:27pm

You're also talking about something that happened almost 150 years ago. Not like we got the email when Lincoln sent it out nor did we catch the CNN broadcast.

Not to mention that what Lincoln did was completely illegal. He issued a proclimation declaring a law over a country that he did not even preside over. This happened after the Confederacy has seceeded from the Union and the Confederacy had their own government.

Basically, this is like Obama trying to make a law over Venezuela, IN ANY FORM OR FASHION.

The funny thing is, Lincoln's primary focus on this was NOT to free the slaves, but was to cause dissent in the southern states and weaken them. This is proved because the Emancipation Proclimation did not cover the Northern slave-holding states.

It was Abraham Lincoln's declaration that all slaves would be permanently freed in all areas of the Confederacy that had not already returned to federal control by January 1863. The ten affected states were individually named in the second part. Not included were the Union slave states of Maryland, Delaware, Missouri and Kentucky. Also not named was the state of Tennessee, which was at the time more or less evenly split between Union and Confederacy.

Juneteenth is also celebrated in 31 states, not just Texas.

Here's a link if you'd like to get the REAL information on Jeneteenth: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juneteenth

Permalink Reply by John Cannon on July 7, 2009 at 10:12pm

I'm from Texas and I know what Juneteenth is. In fact, I was astounded that many blacks in the North don't know what Juneteenth was when I moved up here. There are MANY, MANY folks that treat Juneteenth as a holiday and a few even close up shop for the day.

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