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Ebonics (media.piefed.zip)
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Despite recent criticism, the school board of Oakland, California has voted to proceed with its controversial ebonics programs for city schools. In fact, school board officials today announced the winner of the first citywide ebonics spelling bee: Fourth grader Soon Duk Kim.

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[–] 1 point 5 months ago

Is the joke that Asian kids are smarter than black kids?

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    [–] -4 points 5 months ago (3 children)

    Uhhhhhh......thats not what ebonics is.

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  • [–] 27 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    The joke is that Asian kids still win the spelling bee even with different rules for spelling. SNL was playing on the stereotype.

    So many of these Norm-era jokes are wild outside the (more racist, more misogynistic) context of the late 20th century.

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