Black law students at LSU request SBA president resign after e-mail

[gar598]

http://2theadvocate.com/stories/111005/new_email001.shtml

The LSU Black Law Students Association on Wednesday called for the resignation of the leader of another law student group for forwarding an e-mail titled "Ghetto Spellin' Bee," which the organization said was disrespectful and offensive to black people and women.

Ghetto Spellin Bee

Racism?

 

[imported_LoKe]

Let's all be boring monotones with no sense of humour to please everyone around us.

EDIT : Looked carefully at the link you provided to the joke, unless I'm mistaken, it never states that the child in question is black. Therefore, there's no arguement.

 

[BrianH1]

13. Fortify - I axed this ho on da
street, "how much?" she say
"fortify."

hahahaha

 

[Cattlegod]

i find a black law group offensive. why is there no white law group? are we not good enough? i vote they resign their group.

 

[Plasdom]

Originally posted by: LoKe
Let's all be boring monotones with no sense of humour to please everyone around us.

EDIT : Looked carefully at the link you provided to the joke, unless I'm mistaken, it never states that the child in question is black. Therefore, there's no arguement.

Furthering your education with
Today's Ebonic word:
Today's word is :"OMELETTE"
Let us use it in a sentence.
"I should pop yo ass fo what you jus
did, but omelette dis one slide."

Anyways, racist or not I don't think it is proper for someone in that position to be forwarding out such emails

 

[imported_LoKe]

"Ebonic" refers to a type of speach, specifically Black English, however, white teens have been adapting ebonics for some time now.

 

[gar598]

How many white kids do you know named "Leroy"?

 

[imported_LoKe]

That doesn't matter in the slightest. At no point do they say he's an african american.

 

[gar598]

Originally posted by: LoKe
That doesn't matter in the slightest. At no point do they say he's an african american.

Yes, I know. I'm just infering the obvious. If anything it's a poke at those with poor grammar or poor english skills.

 

[Plasdom]

Originally posted by: LoKe
That doesn't matter in the slightest. At no point do they say he's an african american.

Did you miss my post?

Called Black Vernacular English (BVE) in the 1960s and 70s and African American Vernacular English (AAVE) in the 1980s and 90s, Ebonics has traditionally been considered a dialect of English by educators and linguists (e.g., Fromkin & Rodman, 1998; Tshudi & Thomas, 1998).

 

[TBone48]

I vote racist. But still pretty funny.

 

[PurdueRy]

Originally posted by: Cattlegod
i find a black law group offensive. why is there no white law group? are we not good enough? i vote they resign their group.

 

[paulney]

Funny as hell.
'But my ho rectum both'

 

[Ronstang]

Originally posted by: Plasdom

Originally posted by: LoKe
Let's all be boring monotones with no sense of humour to please everyone around us.

EDIT : Looked carefully at the link you provided to the joke, unless I'm mistaken, it never states that the child in question is black. Therefore, there's no arguement.

Furthering your education with
Today's Ebonic word:
Today's word is :"OMELETTE"
Let us use it in a sentence.
"I should pop yo ass fo what you jus
did, but omelette dis one slide."

Anyways, racist or not I don't think it is proper for someone in that position to be forwarding out such emails

Why? A joke is a joke. It isn't anyone's fault that people talk stupid like that, except the stupid people themselves and thus making fun of them is fair game. I don't see people that talk like that making an effort to talk properly either.

Something tells me that you wouldn't care, or would even go to extreme lengths to justify, if a Black man in such a position forwarded a similar e-mail that looked to be making fun of someone. I bet any Black man you could find in a place of power has thought, said, or will say something in his life that could be contrued as racist.....but that wouldn't matter to you would it?

 

[gar598]

Originally posted by: Ronstang

Originally posted by: Plasdom

Originally posted by: LoKe
Let's all be boring monotones with no sense of humour to please everyone around us.

EDIT : Looked carefully at the link you provided to the joke, unless I'm mistaken, it never states that the child in question is black. Therefore, there's no arguement.

Furthering your education with
Today's Ebonic word:
Today's word is :"OMELETTE"
Let us use it in a sentence.
"I should pop yo ass fo what you jus
did, but omelette dis one slide."

Anyways, racist or not I don't think it is proper for someone in that position to be forwarding out such emails

Why? A joke is a joke. It isn't anyone's fault that people talk stupid like that, except the stupid people themselves and thus making fun of them is fair game. I don't see people that talk like that making an effort to talk properly either.

Something tells me that you wouldn't care, or would even go to extreme lengths to justify, if a Black man in such a position forwarded a similar e-mail that looked to be making fun of someone. I bet any Black man you could find in a place of power has thought, said, or will say something in his life that could be contrued as racist.....but that wouldn't matter to you would it?

I suppose.

 

[Baked]

Can not stop laughing... sooooo hard. *stabs self in the leg*

 

[gar598]

I should note that #2 was his favorite.

"2. Dictate - My girlfriend say my dictate good."

 

[blurredvision]

I hate racism, especially since most of it seems to come from those who are trying to stop it.

 

[Super56K]

Originally posted by: Ronstang
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Why? A joke is a joke. It isn't anyone's fault that people talk stupid like that, except the stupid people themselves and thus making fun of them is fair game. I don't see people that talk like that making an effort to talk properly either.

Exactly, they're totally taking this out of proportion. The jokes about ebonics are no different than Jeff Foxworthy or anybody ripping on hillbillies or rednecks. And because he's in a position of power means he can't forward a funny email? Sheesh.

 

[cavemanmoron]

Originally posted by: gar598
How many white kids do you know named "Leroy"?

I have been called that;especially back when Bad Bad Leroy Brown
song was on the AM radio 30+ years ago,LOL.

My First name is Lee.

Like General Lee,from the Civil War,LOL.
{NOT from the Dukes of Hazzard,i am older than that TV show}

Oh I am not 6'4" only 6' even,LOL.

http://www.twin-music.com/lyrics_file/jimcroce/life/bad.html

Jim Croce
Bad, Bad Leroy Brown
Written by - Jim Croce
Hit #1 - 7/73
Well the South side of Chicago
Is the baddest part of town
And if you go down there
You better just beware
Of a man named Leroy Brown

Now Leroy more than trouble
You see he stand 'bout six foot four
All the downtown ladies call him 'Treetop Lover'
All the men just call him 'Sir'

Chorus:
And he's bad, bad Leroy Brown
The baddest man in the whole damned town
Badder than old King Kong
And meaner than a junkyard dog

 

[Chrono]

Racist? Yes. Human nature bitches.

 

[dawnbug]

If I were black, I think I would be offended by this. Even though it never directly states that he's black, it was definitely implied.

 

[Plasdom]

Originally posted by: Ronstang

Originally posted by: Plasdom

Originally posted by: LoKe
Let's all be boring monotones with no sense of humour to please everyone around us.

EDIT : Looked carefully at the link you provided to the joke, unless I'm mistaken, it never states that the child in question is black. Therefore, there's no arguement.

Furthering your education with
Today's Ebonic word:
Today's word is :"OMELETTE"
Let us use it in a sentence.
"I should pop yo ass fo what you jus
did, but omelette dis one slide."

Anyways, racist or not I don't think it is proper for someone in that position to be forwarding out such emails

Why? A joke is a joke. It isn't anyone's fault that people talk stupid like that, except the stupid people themselves and thus making fun of them is fair game. I don't see people that talk like that making an effort to talk properly either.

Why is it not proper for him to have forwarded that? Well, I thought some of it was funny. Distasteful, but funny. He is the leader of a student law group, and should not be forwarding stupid jokes to his officials and stating that #2 was his favorite. Go read #2. I am surprised that the female members were not outraged.

Something tells me that you wouldn't care, or would even go to extreme lengths to justify, if a Black man in such a position forwarded a similar e-mail that looked to be making fun of someone. I bet any Black man you could find in a place of power has thought, said, or will say something in his life that could be contrued as racist.....but that wouldn't matter to you would it?

Nice assumptions! :roll: Now go find that black man you mention and lets talk. Funny that you actually chose to bring race into this when I specifically mention that it is not proper based on the position and not on racial presumptions.

 

[brxndxn]

LOL.. that email is hilarious.. my black girlfriend laughed her ass off.. therefore, it's not offensive to black people.

Tell those stupid black people that complain about white people making a joke while having their black union to shut the hell up.

 

[mugs]

Originally posted by: gar598
How many white kids do you know named "Leroy"?

I dunno, maybe in the south?

Leeroooooooooooooooy! Let's do this thing!