Talk:Talk to the hand (expression)

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The opinion that "The phrase was originated by actor and comedian Martin Lawrence" is stated as fact but no evidence is given. Without evidence that just goes into the 'maybe, maybe not' category.

This is not an "opinion", it is a fact. Here's a link for you people who didn't grow up around Black Americans [1]. Do some research and watch some of Martin Lawrence earlier standup routines, and then check out his hit tv series "Martin", then it should be obvious where this phrase originated from. When this phrase was first used, it was only used amongst Black Americans. But, as always, some white americans indulged heavily into Black culture, and before you know it become popular culture, and then other white americans are given credit for thing originated by black americans (hint: rock-n-roll, disco, and just about every slang phrase). —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 70.17.106.111 (talk) 23:06, 5 December 2006 (UTC).

I don't think we can justifiably attribute the phrase to black Americans. The sources are insufficient. {{sofixit}}? I don't wanna...--Orgullomoore 13:41, 22 May 2007 (UTC)