My head was getting ready to explode until I read the last paragraph, then I understood

An undergraduate researcher at the University of Wisconsin–Madison has gained national acclaim for her research showing, she says, that members of minority groups feel oppressed by standard, grammatical English.

The researcher is Erika Gallagher, reports The Daily Cardinal, the student newspaper on the taxpayer-funded campus.

Gallagher’s research was chosen to be presented at the Collegiate Conference on Composition and Communication in Portland, Oregon earlier this semester.

The focus of the junior’s research is a theory called “code switching.” Basically, adherents of “code switching” say that individuals will seek to alter their speech patterns to fit the group of people with which they are communicating.

Members of minority groups feel especially marginalized because of “code switching,” Gallagher’s research found.

To avoid any hurt feelings some people may feel by attempting to speak standard, correct English, Gallagher wants to eradicate the stigma associated with Ebonics — or African–American Vernacular English, a nonstandard dialect of English spoken by some black people.

“I want to center the voices of the people who need to be centered,” Gallagher, a participant in the UW-Madison writing fellows program, told The Daily Cardinal. “As a white-passing person, I have a lot of power and privilege that should be shared.”

Ultimately, she explained, she wants to expand her research and eventually create a nonprofit group which urges teachers across the United States “to be more accepting” and to present their classes with disclaimers urging students to speak using the language which makes the students most comfortable.

Gallagher said her experience as a writing fellow, which involves helping other students improve their writing abilities, led her to believe that a focus on details such as proper English grammar causes minority students to feel excluded.

The social welfare major’s acclaimed research involved talking at length with three minority students about how they perceive language. Using standard English as “the biggest form of cognitive dissonance that exists,” one of the students said.

“Just because you speak a different way doesn’t mean you’re not smart,” Gallagher told the Cardinal.

Gallagher is a Posse scholar at UW-Madison. The Posse scholar program “identifies public high school students with extraordinary academic and leadership potential who may be overlooked by traditional college selection processes.”

According to her Facebook page, Gallagher has also been the lead camp counselor at Burgundy Farm Country Day School, “a nurturing environment that engages the whole child” where a year of junior kindergarten costs $26,934 and a year of sixth grade costs $30,814.

Gallagher’s Facebook likes include Bernie Sanders, the International Socialist Organization of Madison and, of course, Colin Kaepernick.


http://dailycaller.com/2017/04...minorities-to-learn/

Moron.
That is all.
Move along.

The many faces of racism....

Someone should present this to the next National NAACP meeting and point out that this is effectively a statement the Minorities are just too dumb to learn to use proper English.

This is just another example of the subtle means used by the Liberal Left to keep the minorities at their beck and call and something that I believe is just as Evil as Slavery.

Here's some Ebonics for ya:

Fuck 'em.

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Originally posted by PHPaul:
Here's some Ebonics for ya:

Fuck 'em.

What he said.

The funniest ebonics I ever heard was for the word transvestite.

In ebonics, it is Susan B. Anthony.

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Originally posted by Cliff:

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Originally posted by PHPaul:
Here's some Ebonics for ya:

Fuck 'em.

What he said.

Eloquent son of a gun, aren't ya.

Ms. Gallagher,

Please explain to me, and the rest of the thinking world how all the other ethnic groups that have come to this country, post WWII, managed to learn conversational and even written English without feeling oppressed??

Ebonics is a 'made up' language of people to lazy to speak in a normal accepted form of English

Yes because it will help them so much in College and finding a Job to learn More street slang instead of English. How is she a teacher???

Great. A new way for schools to further insulate kids from the real world.

Proper English is important to learn, if you wish to function in society.

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Gallagher is a Posse scholar at UW-Madison. The Posse scholar program “identifies public high school students with extraordinary academic and leadership potential who may be overlooked by traditional college selection processes.”

In other words: "she didn't meet our GPA or ACT/SAT admissions criteria, but we let her in anyway".

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The social welfare major’s acclaimed research involved talking at length with three minority students about how they perceive language.

Three interviews? That's not research... That's anecdotes.

Some things NEVER change.

University of Illinois Champaign-Urbana somewhere circa about 1984. I found myself in a 300 level education class. The class was basically about HOW people learn. Large lecture hall, maybe about 150+ students and one arrogant pearly white idiot professor who LOVED to lecture the minions. This was the FIRST time "ebonics" was making the rounds....

One afternoon lecture found our "professor" pontificating on the merits of this newly found bullshit. About :20 minutes into the hour lecture, a young black girl stood up. She had enough. She briefly told her background about growing up in the housing projects of Chicago. She was the first person in her family to even finish high school let alone attend college...let alone the University of Illinois.

She then proceeded to tell the professor he was full of shit.

The passion in this young lady's voice was unforgettable. She told our distinguished professor that "eubonics" was nothing more than "lazy english" and not worth the letters of the alphabet the term used. She then asked the prof why she didnt talk that way considering her background. He didnt answer her. She did. She said "Because my parents instilled self worth upon me and gave me the tools to properly function in society." She then sat down. Not much was said by the other students (including myself). I personally had never witnessed anything like that before. I dont think the prof had either.

Over 30 years later that afternoon is scortched in my brain for any number of reasons. I sometimes wonder where this young lady ended up in her life. Im willing to guess it was somewhere good.

What, should I now unlearn English, because Ms Gallagher tells me that I ought to feel oppressed, cuz, my mother tongue is not English?

English is the 5th language I learnt, learnt it in school, never had a problem, 1.2 billions learn English, and now this stupid Wisconsin student tells us that we should "feel oppressed"!!!!

Why not they don't teach cursive writing anymore in schools as it's not needed in the IT world. But what if you want to cash a check, sign a contract or a ticket for smoking a J on the street. It's OK that you can't be understood when talking. You probably didn't have anything important to say anyway. Chris

The 'plantation' continues to grow and blossom when well fertiized with turgid Progressive shit.
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The soft bigotry of low expectations dooms them to a life of squalor, misery and dependence.

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The soft bigotry of low expectations dooms them to a life of squalor, misery and dependence.

Well put. My sentiments exactly.

No. Soft racism is more destructive than actual hatred.

I grew up in downtown Kansas City, 1 of 4 white kids in a class of 450. I learned and practiced proper English. Now I have a Bachelors, Masters, and spent the last 10 years as a Commissioned officer.

The answer to life being hard isn't to lower the bar.

This is the same mindset that wants to remove algerbra from high school.

People like this are the reason this country is in the state it is. Idiots and morons think they can talk anyhows they wants to. Ebonics is not a real language but an act of defiance and that is all.