[Gaffer]

His father, John R. Rickford, an authority on African American Vernacular English and the author of numerous books and scholarly articles,....

That's a pretty convoluted way to say "he speak Ebonics".

[vette6387]

“That’s a pretty convoluted way to say “he speak Ebonics”.”

Yeah, imagine devoting your “scholarly efforts” to trying to figure out how Black Morons communicate! Oh well, they fund research on the sex habits of fruit flies, so I guess this is sorta the same thing! Maybe he can do a treatise on how to “hang” oversize Levi’s on the average Black A$$, or the “Air Jordan Shoe Miracle!” Or maybe “research” how Blacks arrive at the names they give their children.