Not sure I Know it when I see it...

[Henry M]

Sure you do, David. Either ya know it when ya see it, or ya gotta go
by someone else's definition. I'll take the former for me, the latter
for the law. 

Of course there are - well gee, African American is "too quaint" for
ya, then let's go back a few steps - people of color, who will laugh
at this joke. "They claim to know people who really 'talk like that."
Sound kinda uppity sort, to me. 

Didja hear the one about the cheap Jew. Some of my Jewish friends
laughed when they heard it. Hell, they even know some Jews who fit
that stereotype. Well ya see, this Jew walks into a bar...

> Subject:       Re: Not sure I Know it when I see it...
> Date:          Tue, 25 Feb 97 12:03:38 -0800
> From:          David Casseres <casseres at apple.com>
> Cc:            "Pynchon list" <pynchon-l at waste.org>
> To:            unlisted-recipients:; (no To-header on input)

> C, Endicott sez
> 
> >For example, someone said: "The 'Ebonics prayer' would be extremely
> >hurtful to *any* African American who heard it."
> 
> That was me.
> 
> >(my emphasis) To test this theory, I actually went out into the
> >"real world" and asked a couple of those people we so quaintly
> >label "African americans" what they thought about it; they laughed.
> >They also claim to know people who really "talk like that". I
> >believe them, as I myself worked with people who really talk that.
> >I imagine that some people would be hurt, some would laugh, and
> >some would be indifferent, as with most things. 
> 
> So, I stand guilty of exaggerated wording.  But I think my point is
> still correct.
> 
> 
> Cheers,
> David

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