"God Made the Human Race..."

       As you know (or should know) I took the GMAT this past Saturday.  I really needed to get a 600 to start grad school this semester, but I didn't.  Not really a big deal to me though, because now I can go full-time instead of part-time if I start in the fall.  But that's isn't the topic of my discussion right now.  My uncle asked me "Do you think you didn't do as well because the tests are geared towards white people?"  Very confused, I replied "How so?". "You know, the verbal section is worded in the way that they speak and even the math may be hard."  "What?  Did you want the verbal section to be written in ebonics and the math be simple addition and subtraction?"  Needless to say, I was pretty offended, and shocked, by his comment.  All people in America are taught how to speak English.  Last time I checked the verbal section was written in that language.  Yes, Black people have misconstrued words and sometimes choose not to speak their sentences with proper subject-verb agreement, but that doesn't mean we should dumb down the English language, especially when it is INTEGRAL to use it correctly.  I won't sit here and act like I speak proper English 24/7, but I know full well when it is appropriate for me to do so.  In my opinion, this "appropriate" time is when there is ONLY a group of friends in the room. Unfortunately, there are too many people that don't know the difference.  Every time I hear a kid on the tv or even in person say, "What is you gonna do?" it stings.  Is that really the way you were taught in school to speak?  And let's look at the phrase "proper English"; notice I didn't say "speaking like a White person", which so many people are guilty of saying.  So to be a Black person I have to sound like I didn't have any years of education?  I have access to the same English dictionary as the White woman sitting next to me.  But I'm not pointing the finger at any one person, I'm blaming that environment.  Since when did it become ok for Black people to WANT the rest of the world to believe we are at the bottom of the barrell?  After years of our ancestors risking their lives to ensure that we will be treated with the same respect that a White man is born with this is how we show our appreciation?  And what's even worse is there are so many educated, motivated, intelligent, and inspiring Blacks in this country.  It is 2011 and we have a Black president, but neither he nor those educated Blacks are the face of our race because our race is never judged on who is at the top but on those that are at the bottom.



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