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Re: Ebonics
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In <[email protected]>, on 12/21/96 at 08:06 PM,
"Matthew J. Miszewski" <[email protected]> said:
>Why is it that personal freedom, sometimes expressed by choice of dialect
>or language, seemingly has such arbitrary limits? Many on the list
>complain that they are subject to too many rules, and yet, seem to chime in
>on multi-linugual issues in this way.
Matt you seem to be missing the point.
As far as I can tell no one cares how individuals or in what "language"
individuals care to speak in. It is a compleetle different issue when you are talking
about a government sponcered "second language".
As with all things the government does this is just a trial balloon for bigger and
"better" things. Tax forms in Afrolish, Voting Ballots in Afrolish, matter of fact all
government documents in Afrolish. Anti-discrimination suits & laws because a perspective
employee was turned down for a job on the basis that he can not speak English only
Afrolish.
If you look outside the political/economic spectrum you have the issues dealing with
society as a whole.
While I could write a thesis on this here are some basic question to ask:
What are the effects of having a subset of a society with the following:
- Speak a differnt language
- Practice a different religion
- Have a different work ethic
- Have a different set of moral values
- Have a different cultural background
How will this group fair economically?
How will this group fair politically?
What are the effects of such a group violently refusing to integrate into the society as a
whole?
What historical presedents do you have to support your views?
Historical Examples:
- Programs against the Jews in Europe & Russia
- Turks & Armanians
- Greeks & Turks
- Palistinians & Jews in Israel (20th Century)
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