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1996-12-23 - Re: The Ebolics Virus may be contained

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From: Dale Thorn <dthorn@gte.net>
To: Asgaard <asgaard@Cor.sos.sll.se>
Message Hash: 2e2fe525a81287adb6db9b8e955c594deec1deaaf0d1fb23d291ce519a7f1ddb
Message ID: <32BDF779.2846@gte.net>
Reply To: <Pine.HPP.3.91.961223010146.174A-100000@cor.sos.sll.se>
UTC Datetime: 1996-12-23 03:09:07 UTC
Raw Date: Sun, 22 Dec 1996 19:09:07 -0800 (PST)

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From: Dale Thorn <dthorn@gte.net>
Date: Sun, 22 Dec 1996 19:09:07 -0800 (PST)
To: Asgaard <asgaard@Cor.sos.sll.se>
Subject: Re: The Ebolics Virus may be contained
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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).

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