tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14243811.post8143325565106163783..comments2023-11-05T05:17:45.320-05:00Comments on Model Minority "Thugs, Feminists and Boom Bap": Houston has a Ghetto Hand Book.M.Dot.http://www.blogger.com/profile/05113752779973426025noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14243811.post-13747471560566834242007-09-04T22:29:00.000-04:002007-09-04T22:29:00.000-04:00It ain't start w/ Big L and it sholl the fuck ain'...It ain't start w/ Big L and it sholl the fuck ain't gonna end with him either.<BR/><BR/>LOL.<BR/><BR/>Good point tho.M.Dot.https://www.blogger.com/profile/05113752779973426025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14243811.post-4933837399766415972007-09-04T14:52:00.000-04:002007-09-04T14:52:00.000-04:00Wow, Big L must rolling over in his grave. Can't h...Wow, Big L must rolling over in his grave. Can't his estate sue?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14243811.post-90946689780312170242007-09-04T10:30:00.000-04:002007-09-04T10:30:00.000-04:00I was answering your questions...y-bloodI was answering your questions...<BR/>y-bloodneohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00482376355312549331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14243811.post-26705225906055404522007-09-03T16:58:00.000-04:002007-09-03T16:58:00.000-04:00Blood.What are you talking bout.You smoking them J...Blood.<BR/><BR/>What are you talking bout.<BR/><BR/>You smoking them Jesus trees again?<BR/><BR/>LOL.M.Dot.https://www.blogger.com/profile/05113752779973426025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14243811.post-24815746190841394732007-09-03T15:50:00.000-04:002007-09-03T15:50:00.000-04:00NahNoCan'tNah<BR/>No<BR/>Can'tneohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00482376355312549331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14243811.post-49614437708781515042007-09-02T18:25:00.000-04:002007-09-02T18:25:00.000-04:00i do have a problem with him (or anyone else) cate...i do have a problem with him (or anyone else) categorizing Ebonics or our slag as "deviant." <BR/>=========<BR/><BR/>He is NOT going to get Fox News time unless he is making White Folks feel comfortable.<BR/><BR/>Word to Birkhold.M.Dot.https://www.blogger.com/profile/05113752779973426025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14243811.post-7522579154368393782007-09-02T18:24:00.000-04:002007-09-02T18:24:00.000-04:00i think people really overlook that fact. they thi...i think people really overlook that fact. they think we should just GET OVER the whole slavery issue,<BR/>========<BR/><BR/>Well.<BR/><BR/>It would force them to address their own culpability and the majority would rather go to war w/ starbucks/microsoft/iran than do that.M.Dot.https://www.blogger.com/profile/05113752779973426025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14243811.post-56791882751957168722007-09-02T16:31:00.000-04:002007-09-02T16:31:00.000-04:00Unfortunately in order for the POWERS THAT be to a...<I>Unfortunately in order for the POWERS THAT be to acknowledge this would entail them acknowledging Black folks origins as the DESCENDANTS OF ENSLAVED Africans</I><BR/><BR/><BR/>say word. <BR/><BR/>i dunno, perhaps it's me. every time someone downs black folks (even other black folks), i keep saying like...do you realize we've only been "people" (according to this country) for a little over 100 years?? people think of slavery, oppression, and racism as if it ended hundreds of years ago, and it hasn't. the civil rights movements was in the 60s. we've come a long ass way in a short ass amount of time. i think people really overlook that fact. they think we should just GET OVER the whole slavery issue, when in all actuality it affects our families today. where are our fathers? why is it so easy for them to pick up and leave? what about the fact there are more dudes in prison, than in schools? why do boys score lower on the bullshit standardized tests...and why is NCLB such a joke? (ok, i'm off topic), but i feel you LOLthe prisoner's wifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11160398635149797677noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14243811.post-83800587552936837962007-09-02T16:18:00.000-04:002007-09-02T16:18:00.000-04:00at first when i got into my classroom i found it s...at first when i got into my classroom i found it somewhat difficult to break down the words that i use so freely. they didn't understand what i was saying a lot of the time. i felt myself searching my brain for words they'd understand.<BR/>=========<BR/><BR/>This dude at a fastfood/retial spot called me about a job.<BR/><BR/>I swear on Jesus he said, "Well you have a great phone presence, but my only concern about hiring you is that you may leave me in two months."<BR/><BR/>I look at the phone, like, this n*gga sound a like a dude w/ no swag thats trynna to pop.<BR/><BR/>Is he holding the fact that I CAN SPEAK ENGLISH against me.<BR/><BR/>SHOWN'N'FUCK was.<BR/><BR/>Trill.<BR/><BR/>This is the incident that I had in mind when I wrote that line.<BR/><BR/>my students use Ebonics ALL the time. they write in it, think in it, breathe it...my job as their teacher isn't to replace their language with the "right" one, but to teach them which language to use in which setting. if i am able to get them to be bi-dialectical, then i have done my job.<BR/>==========<BR/>Unfortunately in order for the POWERS THAT be to acknowledge this would entail them acknowledging Black folks origins as the DESCENDANTS OF ENSLAVED Africans.<BR/><BR/>Like Birkhold says,<BR/>the PUBLIC American educational system refuses to acknowledge that we DO NOT learn the same.<BR/><BR/>Maybe I need to start a TEACHER FOR EBONICS movement.<BR/><BR/>THAT outta keep me busy till L school resumes.<BR/><BR/>LOL.M.Dot.https://www.blogger.com/profile/05113752779973426025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14243811.post-65593182172889270622007-09-02T16:12:00.000-04:002007-09-02T16:12:00.000-04:00hmm...just watched the video clip of ol boy. see, ...hmm...just watched the video clip of ol boy. see, i don't have a problem with him teaching "standard" English because it IS very necessary to be successful, HOWWWWWWWWWWWWEVER, i do have a problem with him (or anyone else) categorizing Ebonics or our slag as "deviant." <BR/><BR/>our people have survived speaking such "deviant" language(s) for hundreds of year (this also applies to patios, creole, etc, etc). to try to white out our creativity, our language(s) and label them as wrong, or less than, is a problem.the prisoner's wifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11160398635149797677noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14243811.post-38651069060007228422007-09-02T15:59:00.000-04:002007-09-02T15:59:00.000-04:00I also know that my language is so intimidating to...<I>I also know that my language is so intimidating to majority members<BR/>in positions of (relative) power that (my)education/the way that I speak, is a liability.</I> ~m.dot<BR/><BR/>i totally feel you on this. <BR/><BR/>as i prepare to go back into my classroom i am VERY aware at how my language can both separate & draw me closer to my students. by the sheer force of being in school for the majority of my life, i have developed an "academic"/"standard" vocabulary that i use a lot of the time, especially in settings when i deal with folks that don't look like me. <BR/><BR/>at first when i got into my classroom i found it somewhat difficult to break down the words that i use so freely. they didn't understand what i was saying a lot of the time. i felt myself searching my brain for words they'd understand...and even though i didn't want to really code switch in front of them, it happened. i treat my classes (some of them at least) like ESL class. i give them the standard/academic English & i translate it into something they can understand (Scaffolding).<BR/><BR/>unlike some teachers/academics, i don't hate "ebonics"...i understand it's importance & significance within our communities. we are a talented & creative people & we like to flip the Queens English in all sorts of ways. i can dig it. but the thing that is lacking (at least w/ my students) is the ability to code switch. my students use Ebonics ALL the time. they write in it, think in it, breathe it...my job as their teacher isn't to replace their language with the "right" one, but to teach them which language to use in which setting. if i am able to get them to be bi-dialectical, then i have done my job. <BR/><BR/>nahmean?the prisoner's wifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11160398635149797677noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14243811.post-78609467902358203182007-09-02T13:41:00.000-04:002007-09-02T13:41:00.000-04:00hahahahaha.Go another one posted.Call me when you ...hahahahaha.<BR/><BR/>Go another one posted.<BR/><BR/>Call me when you leave.<BR/><BR/>needs to gossip bout 'cha boy.M.Dot.https://www.blogger.com/profile/05113752779973426025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14243811.post-33037443166176658412007-09-02T13:31:00.000-04:002007-09-02T13:31:00.000-04:00u better be lucky I'm on my church grind rite now!...u better be lucky I'm on my church grind rite now!The Minority Reporterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11975299949832762529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14243811.post-80590218369743906992007-09-02T12:26:00.000-04:002007-09-02T12:26:00.000-04:00always spits hot fire! I love everything this dude...always spits hot fire! I love everything this dude ever wrote/said.<BR/>==========<BR/><BR/>He. Aiiight.<BR/><BR/>J/k. :)<BR/><BR/>Now don't be trynna quote my old man<BR/>=========<BR/> Between old men and ffters you got ya hands full ma!<<<----Scandalous!M.Dot.https://www.blogger.com/profile/05113752779973426025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14243811.post-39228906282169415592007-09-02T06:14:00.000-04:002007-09-02T06:14:00.000-04:00Now don't be trynna quote my old man...da O.G. Mr....Now don't be trynna quote my old man...da O.G. Mr. West talkin bout "that's the accountability ish i've been talkin bout all along" Damn I love that man<BR/><BR/>Check out his new cd that's bout to come out...dope!<BR/><BR/>And Mr. Baldwin <BR/>"If rap was Harlem, I'd be James Baldwin" ~Common <BR/><BR/>always spits hot fire! I love everything this dude ever wrote/said.The Minority Reporterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11975299949832762529noreply@blogger.com