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Originally Posted by URY914
Why is it that you can tell when a Black person is speaking even when that person is a newsman or women or very well educated. Very rarely does a Black person not sound "Black" at all.
BTW don't give me crap about using the word "Black" or implying that this is a racist comment.
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No crap from me. Last time I called 911, the dispatcher asked specifically if I was referring to a white, black, Asian or Latino. Apparently, to them, we all can fit into 4 classifications. I guess I'd have been SOL if my subject was a Pacific Islander, of which there are quite a few around here.
I remember Johnny Cochran having no "black" accent when he didn't want any.
But, you did say "very rarely".
Here's an interesting observation: my wife is from Alabama, but was schooled in CA. Her younger sister was born in CA and schooled in AL. Wife has no trace of an accent, but does use some verb transitions that are "Southern". Meanwhile, the sister has an intractable Southern accent. Now, how is it that a Latino or black student can attend an almost all white school and maintain the family accent? Of course, anymore, there are no more nearly all white schools, but I've seen this in years before.