12-09-2015, 11:07 AM
(12-08-2015, 07:55 PM)BFritz21 Wrote: We've officially hit rock bottom. Now this writer, who happens to be white, is calling "Who-Dey" racist because of the "dey" is in Ebonics.
I've grown up all my life in Cincinnati and never tied it to Ebonics; in fact, in never even crossed my mind! If people were acting a certain way when they said it that would portray a certain way of living that was making fun of, or even copying, black people, then I might understand, but it's just our chant and is more of a cheerful song than anything. I don't know of anyone that has ever even considered it as something from the black culture.
Here's the article:
What a joke.
Well Ebonics isnt language... so his opinion doesnt matter.