Hooked-On Ebonics for Black Kids from Gem Ruby Diamond on Youtube

Gem Ruby Diamond you made a great statement and that was that kids are being dumbed down enough without being taught even dumber things. There is no need to teach this, they learn it in the hood. That you speak such clear and precise English is a commendation on your part and on the part of your parents. Stay as beautiful and as intelligent as you are. You are a GEM!

I. . . I couldn't stop laughing. Its so sad, so very sad, and I grow more and more fearful for the future of America. Assuming there even is one.

Lol

Not sure how true this is. You could probably find cards like these online, or at some kind of store like Specers or something. Though with some of the crap I have seen, if this were to happen, I wouldn't be too shocked. This is done in the "hoods" anyways without the actual cards themselves.

The liberals have a vested interest in keeping the poor uneducated so that they can reap the benefits of their votes. Educated people understand how psychologically damaging it is to be on the government dole. People who are uneducated, who can't get a job because of their lack of education, are easily brainwashed into thinking that those who do have an education, have secured a good job and have worked hard for their affluence, 'owe' them a living. Uneducated people will cast their vote for the party that 'gives' them money and services for free. The cycle needs to be broken. Give a man a fish and he eats for a day; teach that man to fish and he eats for a lifetime. We need to teach people how to fish.

Well Said!

Ah Ha !!! The poster child for "The Dumbing Down of America" !!! I'll bet she uses a seat belt to keep from falling off the toilet !!!

Is that a sarcastic comment or are you being serious?

Sarcasm mainly, however, as dumb as she is, she may very well need a seat belt on the toilet, lol.

Why would her physical traits make a difference to the topic?

That proves my theory about instincts.

LOL. These days is it really about news? Isn't it more about selling?

There was a time when news casters didn't have to be pretty because people did want to hear about the news. Nowadays it seems to be one more pretty face sensationalizing another "event".

So sad :-(

Still no proof about the use or those flash cards!

Is there a collage or university she would like to attend?

She has an account on Youtube, contact her. Her screen name is Gem Ruby Diamond.

What for? somebodies child won't be getting a job,and it won't be mine.

Okay.
I've been in elementary school and for whom it may concern, my teachers taught well :)
My grammar is great.
My spelling is excellent :D
And if anyone used such language, they'd get corrected right then and there.
If that video is true then....well I dont know..o.O
I use slang since I grew up around it, but overall I speak the English language the majority of the time.
And HEY...not all public schools are bad D;

So, no proof about the "flash cards". Just people watching a video swallowing it up...

Not surprising at all...spread misinformation to keep division alive and well.

Perhaps it would be to your advantage to pay attention, and actually KNOW what you're talking about, instead of spouting off, and spreading "misinformation to keep division alive and well.", when you haven't a clue as to what you're talking about?
You stated, "So, no proof about the "flash cards". Just people watching a video swallowing it up... ", when, in reality, at 3:10 into the video, she turns the very first "Ebonics" card, (the D.L. card) around to the camera, so that EVERYONE can READ the card for themselves, and the card shows a couple asking their broker, "What's the "D.L." on the high yielding stocks?" And, all the while, she's busy running her mouth about "everyone KNOWS D.L. means 'down low', why are they teaching elementary kids this?" She then uses that example as her proof of the "dumbing down" of America.

Did you guys know that proper English used to be entirely different? Strange but true! The human race did not evolve the English language! It's a fabrication in its entirety!

The more you know.

Yes, sad that teachers are doing their best to reach their students. Is there any proof that those cards are actually being used in the schools or is this just another fabrication? I don't mean the fact the Ebonics is accepted... I mean the "flash cards"?



The dumbing down of "America" started long before the Ebonics controversy.



You can get revised history books from Texas... place an order now.

Well the world will always need....ditch diggers......and crack heads...Learn em early....
Oh and while they're showing those flash cards to the kids,they should crank up some gangsta rap,real loud....... Know wut um sayin? Yeaaaaa!!!!

More reasons why the blacks do worse than even recent immigrants. If you want to get out of the hood, you at least need to be educated. They allow stupid crap like this to continue in the schools. What is next kids wearing their pants with their underwear showing? Oh wait, it is already happening.

Keep up the great attitude. You should go to school and become a Superintendant. They are consistently attempting to dumb down the whole county. Why is this not on the news? Instead we have to hear about Lindsey Lohans recent jewelry situation or Charlie Sheens latest bout with drugs. I can hardly believe that the taxpayers are sitting still for this in CA.

McDonald's will always have employee's Thanks Oakland.

I'm not following your statement.

Make em dumb and the only place they will find work is fast food.

That's becoming more automated so sometime in the future there won't be employment in that industry either, which is what economists refer to as the contradiction in capitalism or as I put it, contradiction in the monetary system. I don't use the terms capitalism, communism, and socialism, because those are mere different terms for the monetary system, so the only term I use is monetary system.

Now what that terms contradiction in the monetary system means is as technology progresses technology unemployment is going to rise, and it will eventually get to the point where half the population will be on welfare because there won't be enough employment in any industry. What that means is the monetary system will become less relevant while the institutions are trying and will continue to try their damnedest to keep the monetary system, as technology advances especially automation, and artificial intelligence they will not be able to employ enough of the human population to keep their power which comes from controlling people, and a job is a tyranny, working for someone else is not freedom!

What we need to do is focus on technology, embrace it, use it to our benefit, let artificial intelligence, and computers do the drudgery, let humans be free to live, inspire, be inspired, and contribute what they want to humanity, hence, SHUT THE DAMN MONETARY SYSTEM DOWN!!!

You can teach your kids that sh*t. And my son , attorney at law will represent your kids!

Its insane how education gets skimmed down in the name of freedom.

Freedom in a monetary system is impossible

10 raves for that Comment!! Well I am free as possible and dont feel repressed. The only thing that bothers me is the lack of companionship sometimes.
Regarding to this problem the girl is showing ... you can see how desperate teachers may be in order to get some attention from the kids these days.
something has to change or we end up on place 100 something worldwide education wise.

What needs to change is, get the monetary system out of the way, shut it down! Than you can start having academic center rather than institutions, that actually benefit, children and adults.

Take just half of the orange part and ad it to the purple part and you will see prosperity. Our government just need to start working for the society and not for a hand full of lobbyists. The monetary system can be fought by constantly publishing their triads. Ppl just simply dont know whats going on in their own wallets. A "revolution" turns everything over and after a massive depression everything goes back to what it was.

Actually the Military is more than what that pie chart shows. And that's if one wants to continue believing that taxation pays for government services which it doesn't. The federal taxation goes to the banking cartel, not government services.

Yes it does. The problem is that the government is working in favor of them and not in favor of the citizen. Now you may understand why a republic doesn't work if its not constructed in favor of the citizen.