Date:  Mon, 17 Jul 1995 16:08:52 -0500

From:  Ditra Henry <udhenry[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]UXA.ECN.BGU.EDU>

Subject: Re: oj trial



EVERYONE......especially Sali...Sounding Black...talking Black..speaking

BEV..AAVE..Ebonics or as I prefer to call it..BAE..Black American English..

IS A MOOT ISSUE IN COURT ESP. FOR LAYMEN AND EVEN MORE SO FOR LINGUIST.

I BELIEVE THAT THERE ARE CHARATERISTICS IN ANY SPEECH DIALECT OR LANGUAGE

THAT CAN DETERMINE THAT YOU ARE A SPEAKER AND EVEN A NATIVE SPEAKER

OF ONE OF THE AFORMENTIONED. HOWEVER THE REAL QUESTION IS..IS THIS AN

ACCURATE DETERMINATE OF YOUR ETHINC BACKGOUND AND MAY I BE SO BOLD AS TO

SAY YOUR RACE?? AND THEN SALI THAT IS THE LEGALITY OF THE WHOLE IDEA WHAT

DOES IT PROVE IF THIS PERSON SOUNDS, LOOKS OR SPEAKS BALCK??  I KNOW

SEVERAL NON AFRICAN AMERICANS THAT SOUND LIKE AFRICAN

AMERICANS EVEN TO AFRICAN AMERICANS BECAUSE THEY HAVE SPENT A GOOD

PORTION OF THERE LIVES GROWIN UP CULTURALLY AS AFRICAN AMERICANS.

 YET I AM AFRICAN AMERICAN AND BE MISTAKEN ON THE TELEPHNE TO BE BLONDE

AND BLUE EYED AND WHITE. SO WHAT IS THE TRUE ANSWER TO BRINGING UP SUCH

A MATTER IN A COURT TRIAL THAT ALREADY HAS PLENTY OF TRIVIAL EVIDENCE.

BESIDES THE CURRENT GERNERATION OF CHILDREN ALL SPEAK BAE SINCE RAP MUSIC

HAS INFLUENCED THEM TO E HIP HOP.



DITRA





ADVOCATE OF BAE IS ANOTHER LANGUAGE NOT JUST A DIALECT