[Eric25198]

As a white man,I can't answer directly to the question but here is a few observations I have found. I have been to various countries in Europe and Africa, seeing both regions through the eyes of a soldier and as a tourist while on leave. Black America really has nothing in common with Africa. The culture Black America comes closest to is the Irish culture, which is not surprising, American history show that the Irish were the white people blacks came in contact with the most frequently after slavery due to similar socio-economic circumstances. As for Ebonics, it is actually a dead dialect (among whites) from southern regions of England. It was spoken by immigrants in Virginia and the dialect grew to various southern states. It was actually spoken by a lot of white southerners until the early 20th century, when English was standardized. The whites who spoke the dialect became stigmatized as being uneducated, since 'King's English' was being taught in the schools. Now look at the history of black education (particularly in the South) and you have the reason ebonics is still spoken. I have, while in the South ran into an occasional white man that happened to live in rural areas still speak it

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Name : Eric25198, Gender : M, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : White/Caucasian, Religion : Christian, Age : 27, City : Heidelberg, State : NA Country : Germany, Education level : 2 Years of College, Social class : Lower middle class, 

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