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Taxpayer-Funded College Professor: Correcting Ebonics Is RACIST Now |
2017-08-18 |
[Daily Caller] A taxpayer-funded professor of medieval literature at the City University of New York has announced that the use of standard grammatical English is wrongly privileged. Also, preferring standard English over other vernaculars is racist. The professor, A.W. Strouse, wrote an op-ed about his concerns last week. The piece, titled "Why We Need Greater Linguistic Diversity," appeared at Inside Higher Education. In his op-ed, Strouse objects to "linguistic monoculture," "for aesthetic reasons," and because he believes professors "need to vary our ways of speaking in order to avoid the precanned insights and stale platitudes that deaden thought." He cites another professor who praises the "the African-American vernacular" for its direct style of "’cussin’ out’ and ’reading people,’ as well as ’getting real’ and ’trash talk.'" Trying to help students change their speech patterns is bad, Strouse says. |
Posted by:Besoeker |
#7 You know, now that I thought about it - it may be just a (self-righteous & childish) temper tantrum because he was assigned to teach English to ghetto candidates. |
Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2017-08-18 20:32 |
#6 The irony is that this will further isolate speakers of Ebonics. They will have no luck at all speaking Ebonics in Asia, mixed results in Europe and South America, and anywhere else people study either British or American English. They will be stuck in their Democratic strongholds. Oh, maybe that's the plan ... |
Posted by: Beau 2017-08-18 20:21 |
#5 Professor tears down the Tower of |
Posted by: JohnQC 2017-08-18 08:28 |
#4 Trying to help students change their speech patterns is bad, Strouse says. Naw, that ain't bad but having dimwitted, dipwad perfessers is bad. |
Posted by: JohnQC 2017-08-18 08:18 |
#3 Ain't nobody speak jive no more? |
Posted by: Seeking cure for ignorance 2017-08-18 04:46 |
#2 extorting taxpayers to subsidise academics seems to be more racist. |
Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2017-08-18 04:40 |
#1 A.W. Strouse is a poet and a medievalist. He holds a Ph.D. from the City University of New York (CUNY) and teaches medieval literature at CUNY and the New School. Strouse’s works include My Gay Middle Ages (punctum books, 2015), Thebes (Jerk Poet, 2015), and Retractions and Revelations (Jerk Poet, 2014). He is also the author of many essays and peer-reviewed articles. Ph.D., English, CUNY Graduate Center, 2017 Dissertation: “Literary Theories of the Foreskin” Another Ph.D. desperate for tenure track position. No way Strouse. Gay is out, trans-gendered is in. And no whites with so many "qualified" ebony candidates. |
Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2017-08-18 03:01 |