We are ever-positive at Givnology, but I wanted to share this boff-worthy information, for food for thought.
From: http://thetalkingdrum.com/wil.html
This speech was delivered by Willie Lynch on the bank of the James River in the colony of Virginia in 1712. Lynch was a British slave owner in the West Indies. He was invited to the colony of Virginia in 1712 to teach his methods to slave owners there. The term "lynching" is derived from his last name.
Willie Lynch The Making Of A Slave
quote:
(From the last paragraph)
You know language is a peculiar institution. It leads to the heart of a people. The more a foreigner knows about the language of another country the more he is able to move through all levels of that society. Therefore, if the foreigner is an enemy of the country, to the extent that he knows the body of the language, to that extent is the country vulnerable to attack or invasion of a foreign culture. For example, if you take a slave, if you teach him all about your language, he will know all your secrets, and he is then no more a slave, for you can't fool him any longer, and BEING A FOOL IS ONE OF THE BASIC INGREDIENTS OF AN INCIDENTS TO THE MAINTENANCE OF THE SLAVERY SYSTEM.
That is a small section at the end but got me thinking, how so many African Americans are proud of their slang, though it is true the word ain't is great ain't it?
I feel it is deplorable how popular artists who youth idolize talk with language that would make the devil blush. Potty mouths should be washed out with soap!
It is so ignorant when someone curses and has a filthy mouth and someone says: "He's talking black." This ignorance of language was a part of the slavery system and especially now black people need to break this link in the chain of mental slavery. Amen.
Love n light, Teo
