OK. I guess I can buy that. In terms of a "formal" language ebonics does not deserve a second look. It is not a language rather at most a dialect. It is not something upon which we need to spend any time, money, or effort.
Agreed.
I should also amend my previous statement about what Mitchell said about Ebonics. What he condemned was the notion that it was a DISTINCT language in it's own right, as opposed to a dialect or slang form of English.