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Ebonics
Title: Ebonics
Category: Literature / English
Details: Words: 328 | Pages: 1.4 (approximately 235 words/page)
Ebonics
One of the biggest evidence that shows that Spoken Soul (Ebonics)is thriving well is its use among black comedians. Black comedians use Spoken Soul to enrich their comic routines and use it in contrast with Standard English. Black comedy has been recognized since 1893, with Bert Williams and the 2 Real Coons. In the 1920s, due to segregation, blacks in the midwest and the south had to perform under the auspices of an organization known as …showed first 75 words of 328 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 328 total…capable of being self assertive, contrary to the dominant society’s stereotype that blacks are less articulate. Another thing found in black humor is that black comedians are quick to poke fun at black folks in general. This routine also shows how blacks in this country are able to go back and forth in th!
eir everyday life from “soultalk” to “standard english”, depending on who they are talking to, the situation, and circumstances
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