McWhorter on "Negro English"

[Terry Irons]

See Matthew 7:4-6 or Luke 6: 41-42.

While McWhorter is well published, he views AAVE as a degenerate form of
standard English, not a legitimate variety of language.

Joel S. Berson wrote:

>At 1/12/2010 07:01 PM, Geoff Nathan wrote:
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>>And one of our own has much better things to say:
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>>http://www.tnr.com/blogs/john-mcwhorter
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>1)  Is McWhorter black?
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>2)  Is there really "the Biblical passage about trying to take a
>speck out of someone's eye when you've got a log in your own"?  I'm a
>non-believer, so I really don't know.  Please cite chapter and verse.
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>3)  McWhorter wrote "Inevitably there will be reminiscences of Joe
>Biden's comment about Obama being "articulate." "  When I first heard
>this comment of Biden's, I simply thought he was comparing Obama to
>Adlai Stevenson, the most recent previous presidential candidate
>(including those actually elected) I thought was articulate.  No
>racism intended or perceived.
>
>Joel
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