Date:  Mon, 3 Nov 1997 10:03:46 EST
From:  Julia Cochran <COCPROFS[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]UGA.CC.UGA.EDU>
Subject: Re: "it's all good"

>Why does everything have to originate from AAVE or "Black Talk?"
>Some phrases or sayings are just that, not because they originated from
>black people, but just sayings. Damn!, why cant it come from "White
>talk" and what exactly would white talk be? I'm not trying to offend
>anybody its just that this "black talk" issue is kind of touchy for me.

All historical factors being equal -- which of course they never are -- I
suspect that in a society where whites had never constituted the numerical
and/or power majority, many "majority" members might feel "touchy" about "white
talk" as well. Not to oversimplify the matter, but it's kind of a human thang.