"She speaks proper English, not Ebonics."
To me, this is analogous to the apparent inability/lack of desire of Hispanics to learn to speak English. Sadly, much as it is for those who speak Ebonics, it merely makes them look ignorant and lazy, particularly when you compare them to immigrants that come from countries with languages far removed from English, i.e. Chinese, Vietnamese, Russian etc., etc.
Hispanics seem to have taken this language based appearance of ignorance to a much higher degree, by getting everything from tool manuals to ATM instructions automatically offered in Spanish. Where is the Hindi, Tagalog or Russian? Oh yeah, those peoples seem to be smart enough to be able to learn English. I would be embarrased if I were one of these people.
And what is an Hispanic really? It is not a racial group, or even a cultural group. It is merely a multiracial group, from black to white, that happen to speak Spanish, nothing else.
I wonder, if I took a course in Spanish, and became reasonably fluent in it, would I be able to claim "Hispanic" status? By definition, I believe I could.
Now that is just damn stupid.
I hear you.