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I be tired hearin’ abouts Ebonics. I dislikes hearing about it no more. Some momma, she writes me and ax why I don’t write no column in Ebonics. I tells the hoe that be wack because I d… ...
Ebonics is the perfect medium to demonstrate the condition of our country and its educational system. I applaud Mike Royko’s Jan. 8 column headlined “When you talk Ebonics, ...
It wouldn’t hurt to let Ebonics-speaking students know that Ebonics isn’t bad and that Standard English isn’t better, and that they should be used in different contexts.
In short, “Ebonics” which is is the linguistic legacy of the African slave trade, decades of legal and social segregation, and the denial of formal education to generations of African-Americans.
Ebonics, which is also known as African American Vernacular English, has been described by the psychologist who coined the term as the combination of English vocabulary with African language ...
The L. A. Unified school district's controversial "Ebonics" curriculum for black students has fared poorly in a preliminary evaluation, according to data obtained by the Weekly. Results of the ...
The Oakland Ebonics case was not the first time a school district sought to acknowledge Black English and use it to teach students standard English. In 1979, ...
The US is seeking to hire nine people fluent in Ebonics - or African American patois - in order to interpret wiretapped conversations between suspected drug dealers, sparking controversy as many ...
Some stories make you doublecheck the date just to make sure it's not April Fools Day. Such is an Associated Press report that the Drug Enforcement Administration is seeking speakers of Ebonics ...
Talks are underway to possibly include Ebonics as a part of the curriculum in a California school district as a way to boost test scores among African-American students, reports MSNBC.com. African ...