(January 30, 2010 - Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images North America)
Really??? Unfortunately yes. Just another remarkable piece of evidence that EVERY arm of the federal bureaucracy is being run by goofy old out-of-touch white dudes and that there may still be ignorantly blissful hope that we are in fact a nation above racial intolerance. If an institution like the DEA can openly seek out “Ebonics” experts, even Dr. Laura may have a future.
Snoop – Better update that resume!!
The DEA’s Atlanta office has been looking for Ebonics “linguists” since at least May, when job vacancies were posted online.
According to one posting, the linguist’s duties would include “monitoring varying numbers of communications intercepts during any given shift” and then providing “reliable and accurate transcriptions.”
An agency official, said there is nothing “racial” about the job, and described white rapper Eminem as “one of the best speakers of Ebonics there ever was.”
I swear I’m not making this up. Who could make this up? Who would believe them? “Ebonics Linguists?” That’s just priceless.
Eminem = “one of the best speakers of Ebonics there ever was?” This story made my day.
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Just in case you thought this was something FoxNews created….
From the Associate Press:
The Drug Enforcement Administration recently sent memos asking companies that provide translation services to help it find nine translators in the Southeast who are fluent in Ebonics, Special Agent Michael Sanders said Monday.
Ebonics, which is also known as African American Vernacular English, has been described by the psychologist who coined the term as the combination of English vocabulary with African language structure.
And the Washington Post for good measure….
They thought this video might help…
This is either really funny or really sad?
I think its a little bit of both
OMG. For once, I’m speechless.
Shocking Karns. Shocking. Great site btw. Been secretly enjoying it.