Re: The Ebolics Virus may be contained

[Dale Thorn <dthorn@gte.net>]

Asgaard wrote:
> On Sun, 22 Dec 1996, Timothy C. May wrote:
> > By the way, both Jesse Jackson and famed poetess Maya Angelou have
> > denounced the Oakland School Board's adoption of "Ebonics" as shameful
> > and a travesty. Jackson said black children should not be encouraged to
> > speak "garbage."

If I remember correctly, the head of the NAACP a few years ago said
(in response to having to say 7 syllables instead of 1, i.e., African-
American instead of Black), "we were better off when it was just plain
Colored".  (Quote approximate).