University English department bows to blacks by "de-emphasizing traditional grammar." Really.

The comrades who run the English Department at Rutgers University have signalled their great virtue to all other universities--by proudly proclaiming that English is oppressive to blacks and other minorities.

They did this by vowing to "deemphasize traditional grammar."

Rational people may well wonder what the f**k that phrase means.  Fortunately the chair of the English department, Rebecca Walkowitz, is all too eager to esplain dis too uz.

In an email sent on "Juneteenth" titled "Department actions in solidarity with Black Lives Matter," English Department chair Rebecca Walkowitz explained that the new "initiatives" (a word that rolls off the tongue much more smoothly than "bullshit") are a "way to contribute to the eradication of systemic inequities facing black, indigenous, and people of color."

Now I don't know much about writing or English so I'm sorta speculating here, but seems t' me the amazingly brilliant Rebecca is saying dat da U.S. bees reel raaaacist cuz dem White Supremacists has dis raaacis' ting bout speekin' an' writin' in a way evry1 kin unnerstan.  See?

See, it's a huge oppression to have everyone write in a standard way.  Jus' awful.

Walkowitz described one of the initiatives as "incorporating ‘critical grammar' into our pedagogy."

"[Critical grammar] challenges the familiar dogma that writing instruction should limit emphasis on grammar/sentence-level issues so as to not put students from multilingual, non-standard ‘academic' English backgrounds at a disadvantage," the email reads. "Instead, it encourages students to develop a critical awareness of the variety of choices available to them with regard to micro-level issues in order to empower them and equip them to push against biases based on ‘written' accents."

Shorter version: It means dat da ebonics now bees da fine wit da Egrish dapahtmunt.

See, eight years ago the comrades who run Rutgers' English set up a "Committee on Bias Awareness and Prevention.  But of course that wasn't enough for da comrades, so Rebecca has now lobbied the the department "move from a role emphasizing awareness and prevention towards a role emphasizing ‘culture change.'"

Yes.  We should change our culture to accommodate ebonics.  And any other minority bullshit that pops up.  It's gonna' be SO much better, comrade.  Trust 'em.