Yo! Yo! Yo!  Propz to Dr. G.!  He's one straight-up mutha.  And he got him a
new short-shortie in Austin!  That Greer-Dog makin' the crip-crowd his
thang.  He sooo phat. His face be smoove-B.  Bobby on the short.

(Too bad all these fellers is going to jail when they could all become
etymologists, eh?  My question is, why don't they pull up they pants when
they trip?)

It's kind of fun, though, because Laura has "her kids" at school, and I work
with a lot of work-release kids from juvie-jail, so we have some pretty wild
dinner-time conversation.  Unfortunately, the whole ebonics movement
rationalizes a skewed sense of community.  The ebonics movement (which
fortunately fizzled) was doing these kids no favors!

-Kyle

-----Original Message-----
From: Karen K. Perlow [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Thursday, November 02, 2000 2:58 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Race


In a message dated 11/02/2000 11:41:32 AM Central Standard Time,
[log in to unmask] writes:

<< To anyone offended by this, I sincerely apologize. I meant no harm or
derogatory
 implications to any one. Just that I have learned a new type of slang from
the
 guys I
 "teach" who happen to teach me much more. Not just the slang but what
racism
is
 really like for certain persons.

 Bobby >>

    I wasn't offended at all. You never know where your best life lessons
will come from.Wisdom is found in many unconventional places.My son is a
perfect example of that.Also, we are never too old to learn something
new..:)

    Karen