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Originally posted by dd74
There is nothing wrong with that as long as misuse or bastardization of language doesn't occur in mixed social events such as business meetings, retail transactions, etc., where there should be a standardized social code.
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I agree. My speech therapist XGF mentioned that the more succesful of these demographics (it's not just black people) are the ones who can code-switch effectively, but it appears that a large percentage can't/dont' want to switch to 'white' in their roles as customer service reps, retail clerks, etc.
Going out further on the non-PC limb, the observation needs to be made that this 'dialect' is deliberate - it's one thing to be fresh off the boat from Elbonia with an accent nobody can understand, and quite another to conciously perpetuate it for several generations.