Whites Parroting Black Slang

bigunreal

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I'm sure you've all noticed the way that the lame, wanna-be comedians
at ESPN and elsewhere like to prove they're "cool" by fracturing the
english language with the idiotic half-words and nonsensical jargon of
street hoodlums. Over the past few years, we have seen all these
allegedly educated white "journalists" regularly use the non-word
"diss," offer a "shout out" to people, call some black athlete's absurd
hat a "lid," refer to black athletes' mansions as "cribs," offer
"props" to various undeserving black players, and apologize by saying
"my bad." This is just a sampling of what I've seen, I'm sure others
could think of more. It's really sad when a society's educated members,
in positions of public prominence, purposefully sound less articulate
by opting to use ridiculous, ungrammatical expressions that originated
in the poorest, least educated communities of the country. Here's a
thought; why not demand that these alleged college "students" speak
proper english? Why not say "what are you talking about, I don't
understand you," when they bring out their newest, incomprehensible
"bling bling?" Ah, but then I could also ask why non-sports
journalists treat the likes of "Ice Cube" and "P Diddy" as respected
spokesmen, and say their infantile nicknames with a straight face. If
just one journalist, sports or otherwise, would stand up and be a
profile in courage...
 

cxt7

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The sadest thing about it is these words are being added to the english oxford dictionary and websters,
in recent years they have added jiggy" "dope" "phat" "ganstas" "newjacks" "def" "bling bling"
 

kevin

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the best is when max kellerman interviews someone he always has to start bringing up hip hop and talking about who is the best rapper out their. it is just so iritating to watch.
 
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