I am a Dirty Immigrant
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The language between blacks and whites was so different it took me a while to understand what either was saying to me. Remember, I said the brother called me a dog? Well, I thought that sort of slang was universal to all the people of The City of Golden Streets. My ignorance of the culture got me in trouble in a big way. I walked up to this white girl and greeted her with a rowdy, "What's up dawg?"
Now you know the old saying that white men can't jump? Well, I learned real quick that white women can jump because that short woman jumped up and slapped me across the face. Later I recounted the story to my friend from The Hoosier City and he educated me on the finer points of language between the whites and the blacks. Apparently some slang words were exclusive to each race, like in The Blue Grass Mountains, people called you cuz, or son, or even boy. Blacks were calling me Dawg, Homeboy, and some even used the n word. Where I am from everyone used the same slang and spoke with the same rhythm; it was a national thing.
Anderson A Charles
Me name is Anderson Ras Idy I Charles. I was born on the island of Grenada, most of me writing evolves around Caribbean culture. A lot of me writing is done in Grenadian English. I write that way because I am proud of everything that makes me who I am. I played college basketball, that is just because I am seven feet one inch tall. I spend most of me time writing and thinking too much.
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