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Re: Chuck, let us put this to bed.
Rainmaker:
I have to disagree with you about Jeff communicating in black. I have yet to read one of his posts where "black speech patterns and syntax" are in his posts. If you were to give his paragraphs to people that did not know his "race", I have no doubt that 99% of the people would say that is "white English". It is only after Jeff explicitly tells us and from some of his posts that one would gather he is black.
Jeff's language and prose is one of an educated speaker; he knows what side the bread is buttered on. Furthermore, compare how Jeff talks through his writing with the hosts of Soul Train or an award's programs for black entertainers. Those speakers speak "black". Then compare that with how Cornell West speaks at seminars and how he writes. You'll find that Jeff's is much closer to Cornell West and that that language is considered the 'standard english language' required to succeed in the professional world. That is the 'English' Jeff is using.
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