Sounding Black and Using Proper English....NOT an oxymoron!

[i drink your milkshake]

Random thought, but I am listening to Kenny Williams on Sportscenter explain his j-walkin' ticket and I asked my mom "doesn't he sound like a black man?" She agrees.� I said that because I am one of the black people who thinks that there are certainpeople in our group who don't sound black.� He's enunciating ALL of his words, and speaks in the King'senglish.� Also, just because someone is speaking in slang or improper english, doesn't automatically mean they sound black.� Sounding black is aboutintonation and voice projectory......it's honestly just a sound.� I really hate it though when you hear/see black people who attempt to sound uhm,nonblack.� I'm thinking, you don't have to do that to be accepted.......

I also want to hear from what other ethnic groups have to say about this....do you notice it in your community??

I've posted vids for reference

People who sound black:

http://www.youtube.com/v/DyMda-XOTck&hl=en&fs=1&http://www.youtube.com/v/DyMda-XOTck&hl=en&fs=1&http://www.youtube.com/v/DyMda-XOTck&hl=en&fs=1&http://www.youtube.com/v/DyMda-XOTck&hl=en&fs=1& http://www.youtube.com/v/DyMda-XOTck&hl=en&fs=1&http://www.youtube.com/v/DyMda-XOTck&hl=en&fs=1&http://www.youtube.com/v/DyMda-XOTck&hl=en&fs=1&http://www.youtube.com/v/DyMda-XOTck&hl=en&fs=1& http://www.youtube.com/v/DyMda-XOTck&hl=en&fs=1&http://www.youtube.com/v/DyMda-XOTck&hl=en&fs=1&http://www.youtube.com/v/DyMda-XOTck&hl=en&fs=1&http://www.youtube.com/v/DyMda-XOTck&hl=en&fs=1&http://www.youtube.com/v/L2GADpazuws&hl=en&fs=1&http://www.youtube.com/v/L2GADpazuws&hl=en&fs=1&http://www.youtube.com/v/L2GADpazuws&hl=en&fs=1&http://www.youtube.com/v/L2GADpazuws&hl=en&fs=1&http://www.youtube.com/v/L2GADpazuws&hl=en&fs=1&http://www.youtube.com/v/L2GADpazuws&hl=en&fs=1&http://www.youtube.com/v/L2GADpazuws&hl=en&fs=1&http://www.youtube.com/v/L2GADpazuws&hl=en&fs=1&http://www.youtube.com/v/L2GADpazuws&hl=en&fs=1&http://www.youtube.com/v/L2GADpazuws&hl=en&fs=1&http://www.youtube.com/v/L2GADpazuws&hl=en&fs=1&http://www.youtube.com/v/L2GADpazuws&hl=en&fs=1&

 

[dirtylicious]

I really hate it though when you hear/see black people who attempt to sound uhm, nonblack.

why are you assuming they're attempting to do so?

 

[haiti5]

how can u sound non black?






and you cant be born "sounding black"...

 

[sofreakinwavy]

Originally Posted by Dirtylicious

I really hate it though when you hear/see black people who attempt to sound uhm, nonblack.

why are you assuming they're attempting to do so?
to fit in with johnny and jill, and that they don't get mistaken for a "dirty ghetto negro"

 

[jayhood23]

Another race thread. Some people will never learn.

 

[af1pops12]

Originally Posted by Dirtylicious

I really hate it though when you hear/see black people who attempt to sound uhm, nonblack.

why are you assuming they're attempting to do so?

 

[king beef]

Originally Posted by Dirtylicious

I really hate it though when you hear/see black people who attempt to sound uhm, nonblack.

why are you assuming they're attempting to do so?


Don't worry she doesn't know what she's talking about. People say that I don't sound black just becuase I don't sound like Wocka FlockaFlame. Like lets be serious here, so called "black" accents are often mistaken with southern accents.

 

[spsfinest212]

OP Really?

I get this sometimes from some blacks and whites they say "why don't you talk/act black?"

I always say what is black, its a color that's it. I'm going to talk and act like me if you don't like it

 

[mark miwordz]

how can u sound like a race/color? this is ignorance at its best

 

[diego]

I dont think Im understanding you.

You are saying that he doesnt sound black? So youre mad because hes not enforcing a stereotype?

 

[i drink your milkshake]

Originally Posted by haiti5

how can u sound non black?

http://www.youtube.com/v/zO7b5mACOA4&hl=en&fs=1&http://www.youtube.com/v/zO7b5mACOA4&hl=en&fs=1&http://www.youtube.com/v/zO7b5mACOA4&hl=en&fs=1&http://www.youtube.com/v/zO7b5mACOA4&hl=en&fs=1&http://www.youtube.com/v/bq_TsHadYx0&hl=en&fs=1&http://www.youtube.com/v/bq_TsHadYx0&hl=en&fs=1&http://www.youtube.com/v/bq_TsHadYx0&hl=en&fs=1&http://www.youtube.com/v/bq_TsHadYx0&hl=en&fs=1&

 

[sofreakinwavy]

whats with the holier than thou attitude on NT, yall know exactly what she means by sounding black and non black

 

[i drink your milkshake]

Originally Posted by King Beef

Originally Posted by Dirtylicious

I really hate it though when you hear/see black people who attempt to sound uhm, nonblack.

why are you assuming they're attempting to do so?

Don't worry she doesn't know what she's talking about. People say that I don't sound black just becuase I don't sound like Wocka Flocka Flame. Like lets be serious here, so called "black" accents are often mistaken with southern accents.

and this is why I made this thread, actually---for people like "you" so to speak. I made this thread so that people can understand that soundingblack doesn't mean sounding like the rappers they hear, or the southern they hear a lot of the time....which is why I posted the vids of the people Iposted. They were using proper english, but they still had a kinda "black" sound to them.


hopefully by posting some more vids, you guys can compare and contrast what I'm talkin' about

 

[king beef]

I Drink Your Milkshake wrote:

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Originally Posted by haiti5

how can u sound non black?

http://www.youtube.com/v/zO7b5mACOA4&hl=en&fs=1&http://www.youtube.com/v/zO7b5mACOA4&hl=en&fs=1&http://www.youtube.com/v/zO7b5mACOA4&hl=en&fs=1&http://www.youtube.com/v/zO7b5mACOA4&hl=en&fs=1&http://www.youtube.com/v/bq_TsHadYx0&hl=en&fs=1&http://www.youtube.com/v/bq_TsHadYx0&hl=en&fs=1&http://www.youtube.com/v/bq_TsHadYx0&hl=en&fs=1&http://www.youtube.com/v/bq_TsHadYx0&hl=en&fs=1&


What the $$@* is wrong with you?

�Just keep making it worse foryourself.


And to SoFreakinWavy, no I don't know what she is talking about. How do you sound "Black"?

 

[aubstuh86]

 

[i drink your milkshake]

Originally Posted by King Beef

http://www.youtube.com/v/zO7b5mACOA4&hl=en&fs=1&http://www.youtube.com/v/zO7b5mACOA4&hl=en&fs=1&http://www.youtube.com/v/zO7b5mACOA4&hl=en&fs=1&http://www.youtube.com/v/zO7b5mACOA4&hl=en&fs=1& I Drink Your Milkshake wrote:

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Originally Posted by haiti5

how can u sound non black?

http://www.youtube.com/v/zO7b5mACOA4&hl=en&fs=1&http://www.youtube.com/v/zO7b5mACOA4&hl=en&fs=1&http://www.youtube.com/v/zO7b5mACOA4&hl=en&fs=1&http://www.youtube.com/v/zO7b5mACOA4&hl=en&fs=1&http://www.youtube.com/v/bq_TsHadYx0&hl=en&fs=1&http://www.youtube.com/v/bq_TsHadYx0&hl=en&fs=1&http://www.youtube.com/v/bq_TsHadYx0&hl=en&fs=1&http://www.youtube.com/v/bq_TsHadYx0&hl=en&fs=1&http://www.youtube.com/v/bq_TsHadYx0&hl=en&fs=1&http://www.youtube.com/v/bq_TsHadYx0&hl=en&fs=1&http://www.youtube.com/v/bq_TsHadYx0&hl=en&fs=1&http://www.youtube.com/v/bq_TsHadYx0&hl=en&fs=1&

What the $$@* is wrong with you?

�Just keep making it worse for yourself.


And to SoFreakinWavy, no I don't know what she is talking about. How do you sound "Black"?

did you listen to the vids man? That's all I'm sayin'....

 

[gtek]

OMG.

 

[sofreakinwavy]

i wouldnt even call it sounding black, its just talking with some bass in your volume and not like a wimp

 

[general johnson]

I disagree with everyone saying you can't "sound black".

I speak "properly", am "articulate", "well spoken" and every other coded term or phrase that means I'm not ignorant. Butthere is no denying when you get on a phone with me that you are speaking to a black man.

I don't think sounding black means you use slang in every sentence. I think it means that people who grow up around black culture tend to have an accentand NO, not a southern accent.

It's cultural.



Does Oprah sound like she's from the south, no. Is she ignorant, no. Does she sound black, yes.

 

[trueshotaura]

Sounding black = Gucci Man

 

[i drink your milkshake]

Originally Posted by aubstuh86

http://www.youtube.com/v/a4H50fF3sxM&hl=en&fs=1&

SEE!!!!

why is he frontin'!? All he has to do is tone down his "foul language" and he'd be straight

I speak "properly", am "articulate", "well spoken" and every other coded term or phrase that means I'm not ignorant. But there is no denying when you get on a phone with me that you are speaking to a black man.

I don't think sounding black means you use slang in every sentence. I think it means that people who grow up around black culture tend to have an accent and NO, not a southern accent.



Does Oprah sound like she's from the south, no. Is she ignorant, no. Does she sound black, yes.

THANK YOU! Honestly, that's all I'm trying to say

**YOOOO!!!!


remove the vid tho cuz I don't want them to try and ax this thread on some bull

 

[general johnson]

Originally Posted by TrueshotAura

Sounding black = Gucci Man

Wow.

 

[forgot about jae]

What OP is getting at is them uppity type folks that go the extra green mile to pronounce their R's and often tend to talk with phlegm in their voice

HATE that %$$$

They be the types to demand the utmost respect too

...Like, me personally I'm mixed, can fall into the black category depending on who you ask....andcan talk proper, not uppity or pretentious, but PROPER. Of course I'm more relaxed around my patnah dems , but I don't exactly sound like gucci mane ornothing in my 'hood voice'

 

[doublejs07]

You are pretty much insinuating that a deep/moderately deep voice = "sounding black."

@ this thread....

 

[gtek]

Someone please come drop some knowledge about native tounges to these people.

google "gullah" or something.