Respectability Politics - Being Black Emory

Being Black Emory seeks to encapsulate a variety of experience across Emory's "diverse" campus. This week's topic is on the viability of respectability politics. These are our panelists. These are their experiences.
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WE DO NOT OWN THE RIGHTS TO THE MUSIC

[@astro6450]

Honestly, I feel like the guy from Memphis (Sammy) was speaking the most facts and the majority of the panel wasn't even listening to him

[@LeeyaAre]

AAVE is not that dissimilar to standard English. Several of you all spoke AAVE during this panel, and I am pretty sure a broader audience could understand you. I agree with the points made in 16:07-16:22. Black people naturally speak more rhythmically and to white people that sounds "Ghetto or like broken English". They can understand wtf we are saying! Also, if a white person came up to me in the work place speaking Ebonics, that is a fucking micro aggression and disrespectful because they now view your blackness as trendy or as a mockery. It's just like if you started making fun of a non-English speaker's accent. The system of hierarchy has allowed "Standard" English to be upheld.

[@honey-bunches-of-jokes]

You all brought up some really great topics, some more touchy than others. I really enjoyed watching the AAVE segment, especially considering my background as an urban Black woman. Looking forward to seeing more from you all!

[@2008bscott]

To the girl from PG County, Dekalb County, where Emory is, is actually very similar (go to Stone Mountain, parts of South and Central Dekalb. Atlanta metro. counties have North/South self-segregation and Emory is in North Dekalb). Basically the 2nd wealthiest and most concentrated amount of middle class black, but EMORY is an elite university, and you'll find that blacks, even in places like PG and Dekalb do not generally have access to leadership positions and faculty positions in that type of space. DC is a lot of stable government affiliated job and the Atlanta area blacks have lots of businessmen/women and entrepreneurs. To see more black instructors, you'd have to go to GSU or the AUC.

[@kaylao.3326]

Love this channel! Please don’t stop making these vids. We really need these conversations

[@heather-destinykonan773]

This was a really well done video! It was eye-opening to hear thoughts on really pertinent topics in the Black (Emory) community from all these diff perspectives..keep uploading pls!!

[@emerancesebikali2498]

Loved this!! Very relatable topics!

[@nasanni]

I really enjoyed this! Please keep the videos coming.

[@user-ce1mt4ev7h]

love this!

[@kyle-alexandertruevillian9408]

ON ME, this was amazing!

[@sashaportacalus1928]

First of all, there’s dialects and languages within each country in the world. Stop dividing people with this nonsense. Before some of you (not all of you) start talking about “white supremacy” please educate yourselves on the origins of the English language and how a universal language is used over the world. This involves ALL ethnicities globally. If this still does not make sense to some of you try this example: What if a person from Valencia-Spain decides to communicate in their own slang to someone in Bogota Colombia... not even straight Spanish just slang. Do you think there would be a communication barrier? Of course! So stop putting people in a box! Stop putting each other in a box. The United States is a melting pot, communicate with each other properly in order to be understood. Instead of discussing this nonsense please travel around the world or find the cure for Ovarian Cancer. Props to the individuals in this video who do look beyond their own noses. To the rest of you, stop blaming straight hair and educate yourselves.

[@LeeyaAre]

AAVE is not slang though

[@kaylao.3326]

Let me guess…you’re white?