The request is again drawing attention to the form of speech ... now more commonly referred to as "African-American English." Ebonics detractors often characterize the speech as poor grammar ...

Mike Royko’s columns on Ebonics (Jan. 8 and 9) showed little effort to understand the Oakland School Board’s decision on African-American English (or Ebonics). The school board was not against ...

The widespread debate concerning whether Ebonics should be allowed in schools has overcome this country. We should rejoice over this “newfound” language because it is a measuring stick for how ...

Such is an Associated Press report that the Drug Enforcement Administration is seeking speakers of Ebonics who can do translation work for its agents in the Southeast. The AP reported: ATLANTA (AP ...

America’s unreflective dismissal of Ebonics is rather fascinating, not because many see it as a “lesser” form of English, but rather because society fails, for the most part, to dip its feet ...

(CNN)-- Wanted by the Drug Enforcement Administration: Ebonics translators. It might sound like a punch line, as "Ebonics" -- the common name for what linguists call African-American English ...

When the manager, played by SNL cast member Leslie Jones, caught him, C.K. pretended to speak Ebonics to keep his job, and then had to keep up the joke for five years.

The culprit of the confusion was an article headlined “Ebonics suggested for district.” The headline certainly grabs, especially given that this is coming from the state where nearly ten years ago the ...