How funny! In Ozark and amongst other country folk, it’s just the opposite. “done been”. As in, " I done BEEN there".
Sorry, no point, I just thought it was kind of an interesting coinkydink. 
Cite for this please? I have a feeling if Sharpton had really made this claim, there’d be a 10 page Pit thread about it and a slew of articles about it in the mainstream media. So I’m going to pull a Nzinga and call bullshit.
But you just reminded me of the point I raised on page 1 or 2. Sharpton is often presented as a practioner and advocate of bad grammar even though he speaks in standard, proper English. The only thing I can think is behind this misrepresentation is the fact that he has a noticeable “blaccent”. Obama is presented as a maligned victim because he is supposedly more articulate than “the other black people” and is hated because of it. Um, no. Obama is an eloquent man, and at the same time, he still comes across as black when he speaks. So this wag-the-dog war between Obama and Sharpton is just not convincing, and it’s revealing that so many people swallow it hook, line, and sinker.
How many black people do you know on a personal basis? I’m not being snarky, but the things you keep saying leave me with the impression that the only exposure you have to black folks comes from 3rd and 4th hand information, and maybe the TV. Young black people are still chasing the American Dream. In fact, more now than ever are doing that.
With all due respect, I read you waxing nostalgic about the good old days when black folks were upstanding, wholesome citizens, and can’t help but think you have a rather limited and condescending opinion of African-Americans.
It’s NOT. You’re the only one in this thread suggesting that it is. None of the black people I know believe speaking “harsha gangta type slang” is a requirement for blackness. And I grew up in southwest Atlanta on Ashby Street when hip hop was at its peak. Your cluelessness about this subject becomes ever more apparent the more you boil this all down to bad grammar and slang.
SES = socioeconomic status
I’d actually argue that having a “blaccent” is appreciated more in the black community than specific word usage.
I think the reason why Bryant Gumble got mocked so much back in the day was not because he spoke “proper” English, but because he lacked the inflection and intonation common to African Americans.
That, and his open (and unreciprocated) lust for blonde white women. Let’s be real!