Posted on 07/07/2026 3:27:57 PM PDT by DFG
California activists are calling for the state's preschools to legitimize the use of Black English in the classroom.
Supporters say teaching the dialect, also known as African American English (AAE) or African American Vernacular English (AAVE), will help 'combat harmful language hierarchies.'
The Black Californians United for Early Care & Education group is part of a movement advocating for Black English to be recognized as a legitimate, rule-based language in preschool classrooms on par with other languages.
California activists are calling for the state's preschools to legitimize the use of Black English in the classroom.
Supporters say teaching the dialect, also known as African American English (AAE) or African American Vernacular English (AAVE), will help 'combat harmful language hierarchies.'
The Black Californians United for Early Care & Education group is part of a movement advocating for Black English to be recognized as a legitimate, rule-based language in preschool classrooms on par with other languages.
The group uses resources like the Black English Knowledge Brief and webinar series, which helps educators, caregivers, and school leaders better understand Black English, its roots.
It also offers ways to create classrooms that affirm children's language and identity.
It comes after the Golden State introduced a plan in 2020 to expand early dual-language learning and support bilingual children.
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"Dr Ashley Williams, co-founder of The Black Californians United for Early Care & Education, is advocating for Black English to be taught in preschools"
They continue to try and isolate themselves from the rest of the country.
Woke is dead, ma’am.
So we be trying Ebonics again.
Rush Limbaugh was all over that
So we be trying Ebonics again.
Rush Limbaugh was all over that
Idiotic gibberish a legitimate dialect, taught in schools and thereby encouraged?
Sure. Why not. /s
Another brick in the wall of America’s societal collapse.
“black english”?? I thought they called it ebonics?
Separate but equal. How Jim Crow of her.
They wanted to host a “Miss Ebonics America” contest but couldn’t find a contestant to be “Miss I Da Ho”...
Is Black American English an offshoot of authentic frontier gibberish
https://m.youtube.com/watchv=7ruoPKM3BEs&pp=ygUZQmxhemluZyBzYWRkbGVzIGdpYmJlcmlzaA%3D%3D&ra=m
At some point it is time to notice that blacks have been replaced by Hispanics.
Teaching Caveman , we have come too far to go back
Does she want them to have their own drinking fountains also?
Oops -bad link .
This works
If we teach one group one dialect and other groups a different dialect we can not have clear communication.
She may be a doctor, but she’s an idiot.
The Left wants to lower everyone to the baseline. The purpose of civilization is to raise people to their utmost, but tgey wabt the benefits of civilization without the price of being one’s best. God save us from such fools with faux degrees who know nothing about wisdom.
Correct, and teaching Spanglish is next on the woke agenda.
The Ms. Ebonics beauty contest was cancelled. Nobody wanted to be Ms. Idaho.
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