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Cali Law Review Advocates using Black English for Lawyers.
Posted on 7/17/26 at 8:52 am
Posted on 7/17/26 at 8:52 am
You can't make this up.
California Law Review
read the rest of the article if you want to see foolishness on display.
California Law Review
quote:
Lawyers do not know as much about Black English as they should, and people’s freedom hangs in the balance. Differences between language varieties in sounds and grammar can change and have changed the outcome of cases: “He at work” and “He be at work” mean two completely different things. To reduce misinterpretation and therefore wrongful outcomes, this Article provides a primer on the sounds, words, grammar, and social context of Black English targeted directly at legal practitioners. It begins by explaining key concepts in linguistics and making the case for why lawyers must foreground accurate description over normative prescription when facing nonstandard language....
read the rest of the article if you want to see foolishness on display.
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Posted on 7/17/26 at 8:54 am to prplhze2000
quote:
“He at work” and “He be at work” mean two completely different things.
Posted on 7/17/26 at 8:54 am to prplhze2000
quote:
”He at work” and “He be at work”
Something tells me neither of these are true.
Posted on 7/17/26 at 8:55 am to prplhze2000
I read this as lawyers should learn hood ebonics so they can better represent their black criminal defendants.
Posted on 7/17/26 at 8:56 am to prplhze2000
Orrrrr.....how about blacks learn how to speak the language correctly and stop doing hoodrat shite with their friends.
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Posted on 7/17/26 at 8:59 am to LootieandtheBlowfish
quote:
Something tells me neither of these are true.
I wish I had more upvotes to give you sir as this comment is pure gold.
Posted on 7/17/26 at 8:59 am to prplhze2000
Once again, progressives acting racist as frick.
A tale as old as time.
A tale as old as time.
Posted on 7/17/26 at 9:00 am to prplhze2000
Dis be clown world…yo?
Posted on 7/17/26 at 9:01 am to prplhze2000
You had me at California. 
Posted on 7/17/26 at 9:02 am to prplhze2000
Justice Jackson be on this.
Posted on 7/17/26 at 9:02 am to prplhze2000
Anytime you see the word “normative” used you can immediately write it off as pseudo academic garbage.
Posted on 7/17/26 at 9:03 am to prplhze2000
On a semi-related note, why is "to be" such a difficult thing for lower class individuals? It's not just an American thing with BVE
If you listen to lower-class vernaculars in places like England, you see similar issues in conjugation and simplifying it (they like "were/was" instead of "be in BVE)
If you listen to lower-class vernaculars in places like England, you see similar issues in conjugation and simplifying it (they like "were/was" instead of "be in BVE)
Posted on 7/17/26 at 9:05 am to prplhze2000
Law Reviews are a dead relic. Now they’re basically equivalent to a national honor society for law students.
Nobody subscribes to them anymore or bothers reading their articles.
Nobody subscribes to them anymore or bothers reading their articles.
Posted on 7/17/26 at 9:05 am to prplhze2000
Why do we cater to minorities?
Posted on 7/17/26 at 9:09 am to prplhze2000
“He at work” and “He be at work”
Never heard these phrases from any black person
Definitely an AI generated article
Never heard these phrases from any black person
Definitely an AI generated article
Posted on 7/17/26 at 9:10 am to prplhze2000
I think its great. California legal system is going to make itself completely insane to operate within and the only result will be selectively biased and corrupt enforcement of laws.
Just hope it can all stay secluded in that state.
Just hope it can all stay secluded in that state.
Posted on 7/17/26 at 9:14 am to LootieandtheBlowfish
I legitimately don't know the difference in those
Posted on 7/17/26 at 9:14 am to prplhze2000
If a witness describes something in language that doesn't mean the same to the listener as it does to the speaker, then sure, that needs to be accounted for and translated as well as possible. As the U.S. Supreme Court noted:
Kumho Tire Co., Ltd. v. Carmichael, 526 U.S. 137, 150, 119 S. Ct. 1167, 1175, 143 L. Ed. 2d 238, ___ (1999).
On the other hand, I doubt how well someone not routinely immersed in the culture can really stay current on what the slang and lingo mean.
quote:
In other cases, the relevant reliability concerns may focus upon personal knowledge or experience. As the Solicitor General points out, there are many different kinds of experts, and many different kinds of expertise. See Brief for United States as Amicus Curiae 18–19, and n. 5 (citing cases involving experts in drug terms ....
Kumho Tire Co., Ltd. v. Carmichael, 526 U.S. 137, 150, 119 S. Ct. 1167, 1175, 143 L. Ed. 2d 238, ___ (1999).
On the other hand, I doubt how well someone not routinely immersed in the culture can really stay current on what the slang and lingo mean.
Posted on 7/17/26 at 9:15 am to tiggerthetooth
That is the problem. All of these insane proposals and adoptions begin on the west coast, east coast and Chirac. They slowly ooze into our society until they become the norm. Book it
Posted on 7/17/26 at 9:17 am to prplhze2000
I can't wait until the day they have a translator in the courtroom for Black English to English.
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