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by derleth 4828 days ago
A correct observation, one supported by evidence, is that using the dialect correlates with being poor. Making the jump from that to "illegal commerce" was all you, and that was bigoted, especially since AAVE is strongly associated with African-Americans.
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Other than the DEA or someone studying the dialect who hires based on your ability to speak AAVE?

http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/08/24/dea.ebonics/index.html

So I disagree it wasn't "all me" and it wasn't bigoted.