Sunday, December 18, 2011

Do you think Afrenglish is more respectful then Ebonics?

Afrenglish is a word I just invented that means African American English. When African Americans speak amongst ourselves we in a very unique way express ourselves from an Afrocentric perspective. For instance, the use of the word *****. I have never heard any African American refer to any other African American as a ******. That word is from the English lexicon and has a negative connotations towards African American where as ***** is used as a term of endearment and/or fraternity. When African Americans speak amongst ourselves I have noticed that we speak in hieroglyphics. We do not need to expatiate but rather because of our close kinship we usually know what the other is saying without a full report, we just know. another example is when sistas call each other "girl". they are not calling each other children but rather friends. Ebonics makes it seem that our language is foreign and unacceptable when Afrenglish is another example of African creativity and evolution. what do you think?

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