| can't black people speak proper english? |
| I must say the brand power woman has been a source of debate in so many offices i know because of her accent. You get a lot of people saying her voice cannot be her voice because it sounds un-black. Meaning what, that the fact that it is unaccented, grammatically correct and comes across as flawless english is in direct conflict with the fact that she is black? What should black people sound like exactly? In my office some say because she has indian blood (jury out on this one tho), this explains why she speaks un-black english. Should all black people on tv sound ape-like, guttural and barbaric, pronouncing Durban Debbin and saying "up to so far police have made no breakthrough" ?? (sabc reporter last week) If a black person speaks un-black english this does not mean it is forced. It means they speak english differently to you and you must make your peace with that instead of hating. I am tired of the constant questioning of the voices of 3 of our black women in the media - Lerato Mbele, Siki Mgabadeli and the brand power woman. Whats wrong with their sounding like they made it out of the ghetto earlier than a lot of us other blacks? i shall mull this over in my shack tonite...look I'm not saying I advocate distancing yourself from your roots I'm just saying guess what, not all black people have to sound like english is their 12th language. Let them speak their queen's english; I for one don't mind. I'm similarly pretty pleased that the education minister speaks such fantastic english. If it appears un-black..well you know what, the woman herself is black so thats ok with me. Her being the education minister and sounding the way she does again puts paid to the notion that black people have to sound a certain way. |
| thato [10 Mar 2006 12:26] |
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