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Pioneer English is my language and has been for generation--at least as far back as I can track down every ancestors line. What is your language? Sometimes we make up words simply because we don't have the vocabulary to use the words which already exist. We used to use solid synonymously with favor. As in, "Ma Brother, would you do this solid." Or it way to express gratitude as in, "Yo nigga, I tole 'ole girl I was wit you last night. Cool/" "''Course mah nigga." "Solid." Sure skiers have more ways of describing snow too.

@Pioneer1, thanks for the kind words regarding the site, but it could be infinitely better with more support from my own people, the very people whose culture I'm trying to uplift. I don't know if Black folks don't support Black business because they don't want to see another Black business excel. If that exists I suspect it is a very small inconsequential percentage of people. I could go on and on about the structural disadvantages Black folks have relative to the majority culture. But you can read Coates and many other books to understand this. I think part of the problem is that folks are too busy struggling themselves and aren't in a position to help another business. So if they can save 40% off the price of a $30 hardback--assuming the even have the time, energy, or inclination to read such a book--guess who is gonna get that sale. Now my overhead is much lower than Amazon's, but I don't have Wall Street analysts hyping my business getting investors to give me money so that I can continue selling books at a loss--burying even my biggest competitors. Meanwhile, virtually every author enthusiastically gives Amazon free publicity by saying their books can be purchased on Amazon. There was a time when an author felt a great deal of pride by saying their book was available in a massive chain store, but ANYBODY can get their book on Amazon--there is no prestige in it being available there. Still, authors get Amazon all the glory, rarely mentioning a Black independent store... Perhaps the reason the Black owned stores have trouble maintaining stock is that they can't get a business loan, and they have a much more difficult time obtaining credit, the deliveries are not as timely to their neighborhoods, they find it difficult to get a lease in a nice location, or they don't get the best terms from distributors. The fact of the matter it is more difficult for us. That lack of support from other Black folks just ads insult to injury. All you see is a struggling business, which you attribute to laziness. I'm telling you as a business owner there are structural factors that prevent us from achieving at the same level as out white counterparts. Amazon started out selling books out of a garage right? We will never have strong Black business unless people invest in them and divest of the massive corporations. In other words, skip Amazon and a patronize a Black owned bookstore.

Troy's example is closer to my point. The language you learn affects how you think. The Eskimo example is a good one. Its not actually true though. They have different ways of doing describing snow. Because they ability to discern different types of snow is a matter of survival. Some languages are not dependent on word order. And this effects how you think. I heard but can't verify, but certain words that AA use are Bantu. Ok is Wolof

"And like Black America, China had a problem with drugs, crime, stupidity, and immorality until a bunch of Chinese men led by Mao stood up and decided to rid themselves of the cancer that was spreading and now China is one of the strongest most organized and most feared nations on this planet." It is also one of the most corrupt and repressive countries in the world. But I get your point......

Well, here we go. A woman was shot and killed by a cop when no crime was committed, there were no complaints made other than her calling the police, there was no weapon found on or near her and the video cam of the police was allegedly off (or was it?). There certainly will be no out cry from the Negro community over the shooting. Nothing but crickets can be heard at this point. For the record, I cringe every time I hear of a police shooting. It's rare that the use of lethal force is justified in these police killings. What is more egregious and daunting, is the Blue Wall of Silence, complicity, and collusion by the police to protect these officers when these unwarranted and over zealous shootings occur. To me, that is the core of the rot that allows these shootings to go unabated and unchallenged. And when they go to court (if it gets that far) the chances of a police officer being convicted of unjustly killing some one is virtually nil. FACT CHECK IT! One more thing. For the record, contrary to what Negroes believe -white people are also shot and killed by the police unnecessarily. And I have yet to see whites surrounding the police head quarters and protesting in a menacing manner, threatening the police or rioting in their communities in response to these shootings. I recall of a white 22-year-old kid being shot multiple times while he was sitting in his car here in San Diego. He had committed no crime other than not using his turn signal. The police said they thought he had a gun. There was none. There was a video of a white man being ordered out of his vehicle by the S.D. County Sheriffs. In the video you could see the man step out with both hands raised -you could count all ten of his fingers! As soon as he stepped out with his hands raised, they put him down. In Northen Cal a mentally ill young white male was beaten to death by the police. There is an audio of the young man pleading for his life and screaming for his father to save him. The police were in a beat down frenzy and finished him off. An all white jury found all of the white police officers not guilty of beating a young white man to death. Done deal! I am not one to excoriate and condemn the police outright for the behavior of a few. Most police officers serve a noble purpose and they do their jobs well considering the pressures they are under. The police stop, detain, arrest, pursue, confront and arrest thousands of people every single day. We only hear about the cases that went wrong. What bothers me is when these rogue cops take the law into their hands by executing people in a manner that cannot be justified. Worse is the Blue Wall of Silence, complicity, and collusion by the police to cover up and justify an unwarranted killing. The other thing that I find equally unacceptable is Negroes screaming the police are racist when a black person is shot. Other than the cop being white and the victim being black -what other proof do Negroes have that the office is a racist? THERE IS NONE! Cops who generally over react do so out of fear, malice or not being properly and effectively trained. Again -what proof do Negroes have that the officer is a racist? It is a convenient nefarious accusation Negroes are notorious for. The bottom line is an unwarranted killing does not prove in any way the officer is a racist simply by saying so. The shooting may be unwarranted and totally unnecessary. I think we can all agree to this. But what proof is there that the officer acted out of a conscious lethal race driven impulse? Other than wanting to believe the cop is racist, I know of no cases where verifiable documentation and/or irrefutable evidence that the officer in question was a white racist was provided. Is the black cop who shot this white female a racist? He is not the same race as his victim. I hear no one stridently declaring that he is a black racist. Why? Rouge cops do what they do and their victims can be white or black.

@Pioneer1 there are plenty of English words to convey the meaning of fronting, including the word "fronting," Mispronunciation of words is another matter. But to your point and Del's, there are people who are concerned about the loss of languages. Apparently there are about 7,000 languages, most of which will disappearing quite rapidly. People are concerned that the loss of the languages will mean a loss of a real understanding of the cultures. Cynique is right. While much of our history was destroyed; there is a lot we could know if we bothered to crack a book every once in a while... unfortunately much of information obtained by us seems to be derived from social media.