1996-12-22 - Re: Ebonics

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From: Rich Graves <rcgraves@disposable.com>
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Message Hash: bf77a336afab39c12609298e9a90fca6fb5a7ab19a4517e99bdfe6c4b1edd3a7
Message ID: <32BCC61C.112@disposable.com>
Reply To: <v03007801aee10fd61030@[207.167.93.63]>
UTC Datetime: 1996-12-22 05:25:15 UTC
Raw Date: Sat, 21 Dec 1996 21:25:15 -0800 (PST)

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From: Rich Graves <rcgraves@disposable.com>
Date: Sat, 21 Dec 1996 21:25:15 -0800 (PST)
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: Ebonics
In-Reply-To: <v03007801aee10fd61030@[207.167.93.63]>
Message-ID: <32BCC61C.112@disposable.com>
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Anonymous wrote:
> 
> Now, you might argue that districts with low property tax revenues
> don't deserve public schools, or that those public schools should be
> openbly funded without playing strange games with bilingual education.
> However, there's no point in arguing they shouldn't teach Ebonic as no
> one intends to teach it.

Of course there's a point! It's not based in fact, it's not honest, and 
it's not helpful, but there *is* a point. Call it "satire" or "straw 
man" depending on your general opinion of black people and "their" 
politics.

-rich

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• 1996-12-21 (Fri, 20 Dec 1996 19:16:15 -0800 (PST)) - Re: Ebonics - “Matthew J. Miszewski” <mjmiski@execpc.com>
  • 1996-12-21 (Fri, 20 Dec 1996 19:55:24 -0800 (PST)) - Re: Ebonics - “Timothy C. May” <tcmay@got.net>
    • 1996-12-21 (Fri, 20 Dec 1996 23:10:22 -0800 (PST)) - Re: Ebonics - mpd@netcom.com (Mike Duvos)
      • 1996-12-22 (Sat, 21 Dec 1996 16:20:32 -0800 (PST)) - Re: The Ebonic Plague - Martin Minow <minow@apple.com>
    • 1996-12-21 (Sat, 21 Dec 1996 09:04:03 -0800 (PST)) - The Ebonic Plague - “Timothy C. May” <tcmay@got.net>
      • 1996-12-21 (Sat, 21 Dec 1996 11:04:44 -0800 (PST)) - Re: The Ebonic Plague - Declan McCullagh <declan@eff.org>
    • 1996-12-21 (Sat, 21 Dec 1996 10:10:21 -0800 (PST)) - Re: Ebonics - Dale Thorn <dthorn@gte.net>
    • 1996-12-22 (Sat, 21 Dec 1996 16:14:41 -0800 (PST)) - Re: Ebonics - lucifer@dhp.com (Anonymous)
    • 1996-12-22 (Sat, 21 Dec 1996 21:25:15 -0800 (PST)) - Re: Ebonics - Rich Graves <rcgraves@disposable.com>