Re: Grammar

Bob LeChevalier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
 
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> But black kids are NOT much exposed to socially approved English when
> they are very young, 

Are you not counting TV?  Most low-income black households have one,
and most of them get a lot of use don't they?  This is one time that
I think endless hours of TV watching could actually be beneficial for
a child, as long as they're not watching those hideous Springer type
shows non-stop.  It serves as a pipeline of sorts from the 
"outside" world...outside of their own family environment.

>and to the extent that they hear it, it is
> associated with whites, and their families are NOT understood to be
> "incorrect" or "embarrassing"; indeed the black kid who "talks white"
> is the one though to be incorrect or embarrassing. 

There is some truth here, but tell me, just what makes the black race
unique in this respect?

> It has nothing to do with "intelligence".

So you say anyway.  (BTW, in the U.S., the convention is for your
right quotation mark above to be *outside* the period.  This is
sort of a pet peeve of mine, because so many people do it.)

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Regards, IM