DEA : Ebonics Translators ! Are You Serious ?

Wanted by the Drug Enforcement Administration: Ebonics translators. - CNN

The current state of our country is not stable. There are many lives that have been altered and destroyed due to errors made by the local, national, state and federal government. President Obama made it a point to inform us all as American citizens that there would be millions of jobs created; yet I personally do not think he intended for a job as an "Ebonics Translator" to be developed by the DEA (Drug Enforcement Administration. The creation of this job position may be one of the most racist and stereotypical things that this country has ever done. First the label of Ebonics being an "African American Language" is the most ignorant thing I have ever heard of in regards to the depiction and representation of a group of people. Do people of African descent or from the continent of Africa speak Ebonics ? Is Ebonics the language of Africa or any other country world wide ? During my years of studying in formal school, undergraduate, graduate and doctoral learning, I have never taken a class in Ebonics. I have taken required courses in English and I have taken French, German and Spanish by choice, but I have never seen an Ebonics 100 class in any of my college catalogs. The fact that this language has been placed upon black people as their spoken language is another complete slap to the face and to any educated black. EBONICS IS SLANG : PERIOD ! Nothing more and nothing less than spoken slang. Blacks, whites, Europeans, Asians etc all speak slang. The fact that this has been turned into a completely unnecessary obsession by the DEA is unwarranted and very unnecessary. Every culture has words, sayings and terminology that is used in conversation. This is a fact. Northerners may say that they want a "pop" or "soda" in reference to a coke or sprite beverage. Southerners may say that they want a "coke" in reference to any beverage that is carbonated ( whether its a coke, sprite or Pepsi it may be called a "Coke"). This is understood and not questioned to the point where a restaurant may feel the need to hire an interpreter or translator to help them figure out what type of drink the customer is trying to order.
The next take on this will focus on Ebonics and daily use. Listen to pretty much any form of music in 2010 and there is slang strewn throughout the course of a song. Hip hop is filled with slang as well and non slang words. Hip hop has artists from every ethnicity in the world. The language of Hip Hop is universal. So my next question is, "Would The DEA Feel The Need To Question All Musicians About Their Lyrics ?" Slang has become apart of culture worldwide, especially here within the United States of America. Turn on your television at any time and you can see commercials that may have Ebonics spoken in it by black people and white people. Even McDonald's has realized the influence of hip hop culture and the use of slang (Ebonics, improper spelling, etc) and has used this to sell food products. McDonald's slogan "I'm Lovin' It" is not even spelled correctly. Now would I need a translator to interpret to me what the intended message is ? No I would not. From my viewpoint I see this move by the DEA as not only a racist and stereotypical move, but I also see this as a complete waste of money. When you say that Ebonics is the spoken language of African Americans, you are basically saying that the drug problem is enormous within the black community and that we need help in trying to eradicate the drug problem by speaking their language. First of all the problem does not lie within a person speech; the problem lies within an action. I as an individual can speak in "Ebonics" all day and not be talking about drugs, drug use or drug dealing. A person can use a word at any time and give it meaning to whatever they choose to give it to. This seems to be a smoke screen for the DEA to lock up many individuals that they feel could potentially be involved in drug dealing without any actual evidence. This is really sad that the United States of America would allow something like this to take place and to feel that this is necessary for the improvement of our country. It pains me to see that we can invest money into hiring translators for "Ebonics" but we still have not been able to invest enough money to find and capture Osama Bin Laden. That does not make any type of sense. Its illogical.

Justice...PLEASE !

Is he not justified to have a little emotion pouring out from his soul ? Do you think he is not a human being ? Do you believe he has had any pleasant days over the last 27 years ? How do you think you would feel if you were put in his situation ?
In 1983 an 18 year old Michael Anthony Green was charged and sentenced to prison for a rape that he did not commit. He was given a 75 year prison term for a crime which he did not commit. However the fact that he was innocent and the accusers faulty identifying him as the perpetrator did not save him from the prison term. The advancement of analyzing evidence through the development of DNA and the act of bringing a piece of evidence to the equation that was left out of the trial 27 years ago are the two things that allowed Michael Anthony Green to become a free man. This new found freedom was to become his reality initially on July 29, 2010. However he was denied his release to the free world due to the fact that his attorneys and the judge agreed that he was too emotional to attend his bond hearing. Now this brings me to the question of "How would you feel if you were wrongly accused of a crime that you did not commit and was imprisoned for 27 years ?" This man was 18 years old when he was incarcerated; barely an adult. He has missed a great portion of not only his life, but also the life of his loved ones, even missing the funeral of his mother. He missed all of these things due to the fact that he was incarcerated. 27 LONG years. Nobody can begin to imagine the things that he witnessed within those walls on a daily basis. The simple fact that he was sane enough to continue to fight for his justice and not resort to physical harm of himself or others, even suicide shows the fight and sanity that this man encompasses. Now these things factor into one source of his "anger" that he displayed vocally en route to his bond hearing. Now another factor is the fact that he stated prison guards tightened his handcuffs and shackles and threatened him on his way to the court room. The prison guards were treating this INNOCENT man as if he were a slave. There he was, proven innocent of a crime which he did not commit, yet he is still treated in the same manner in which a serial killer is treated; and he was disrespected on top of that. I fully believe his statement about how the guards treated him; he has no reason to lie about the treatment, he didn't lie about his innocence. In our society we have glorified the interactions between law officials and civilians. There have been many video reality shows which have shown motorist pulled over by police officers acting completely disrespectful and making threats to officers which have resulted in no type of penalties or offenses being levied against the motorist. Michael Anthony Green is in a totally different situation and is sequestered to another day in prison for expressing an emotion. This was not right and this will never be right. The day of freedom came on July 30, 2010 for Michael Anthony Green. He was officially released from prison on that day. Although he will never be able to get the time back that he lost as an innocent inmate, he is able to take a single step to normalcy that was taken from him 27 years ago.