Date: Mon, 3 Nov 1997 10:03:46 EST

From: Julia Cochran COCPROFS[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]UGA.CC.UGA.EDU

Subject: Re: "it's all good"



Why does everything have to originate from AAVE or "Black Talk?"

Some phrases or sayings are just that, not because they originated from

black people, but just sayings. Damn!, why cant it come from "White

talk" and what exactly would white talk be? I'm not trying to offend

anybody its just that this "black talk" issue is kind of touchy for me.



All historical factors being equal -- which of course they never are -- I

suspect that in a society where whites had never constituted the numerical

and/or power majority, many "majority" members might feel "touchy" about "white

talk" as well. Not to oversimplify the matter, but it's kind of a human thang.