The underclasses (and their "advocates") embracing something that - were it forced on them by the upper classes - would be seen as a cruel yoke of oppression intended to keep them from ever interacting successfully with the upper classes. Some examples are too easy as targets:
All lower-class people are now required to wear baggy, ill-fitting clothing.
All lower-class males are now required to wear large necklaces.
All lower-class people are now required to speak eubonics.
'I'm always fascinated by this phenomenon.-
The underclasses (and their "advocates") embracing something that - were it forced on them by the upper classes - would be seen as a cruel yoke of oppression intended to keep them from ever interacting successfully with the upper classes. Some examples are too easy as targets:
All lower-class people are now required to wear baggy, ill-fitting clothing.
All lower-class males are now required to wear large necklaces.
All lower-class people are now required to speak eubonics"
Excellent point. I would add:
Promiscuity and distain for marriage.
Distain for education
Tolerance of criminality such as drug abuse, gangs, etc.
Financial dependency on the government.
Etc.
My point is that here in the United States black students can avail themselves of the opportunity to learn the language and excel in it. Yet some students refuse to learn it, and some very foolish adults think that is just fine. If ebonics doesn't "segregate" black students from a chance at a decent living, and assimilation into society, then I don't know what else will. My view, is that "ebonics" is a form of self induced "apartheid."