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‘BLACK ENGLISH' PROPONENT IN BID TO BE REGENTS CHIEF
New York Post ^
| March 6, 2002
| Kenneth Lovett in Albany and Carl Campanile in N.Y.C.
Posted on 03/06/2002 2:03:38 PM PST by Elle Bee
Edited on 05/26/2004 5:04:38 PM PDT by Jim Robinson.
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A controversial educator campaigning to head the state Board of Regents supports ebonics and a bizarre belief that blacks are more susceptible to drug addiction because of their skin pigment.
Regent Adelaide Sanford, who is black and has been quoted as saying white students were not her "agenda," has been an ardent supporter of ebonics, or black English, a form of slang that gained notoriety when it became part of the curriculum in Oakland, Calif., in the '90s.
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TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: academialist; afrocentricity; educationnews; newyork
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To: mamelukesabre
yo, yo, YO! Speek inglish, man.I invite you to the use of our mother tongue, English.
To: Elle Bee
No Ebonics jokes from me. I am too busy shaking my head and wondering just how in the name of Ned things managed to get this bad.
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03/06/2002 4:01:19 PM PST
by
Ronin
To: Elle Bee
I say give her the job and pay her with checks ritten in Black Inglish.
To: jmaroneps37
ROTFL!! That would be the ticket eh?
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03/07/2002 7:48:50 AM PST
by
Windsong
To: rightofrush
I invite you to the use of our mother tongue, English.
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What you sayin? You want me you use yo muthas tongue.....??
To: mamelukesabre
What you sayin? You want me you use yo muthas tongue.....??LOLROTF!!
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