[mhking]

I need to get my Journal (http://mhking.blogspot.com/) site up and on P21's site, and in their releases...

[E. Pluribus Unum]

According to some black academics and race warlords, "Ebonics" is derived from one of three potential sources: 1) an African language passed on among blacks, 2) a vocabulary derived from encounters between African slaves and Irish immigrants or 3) a new dialect created since the 1960s by young blacks to separate themselves from whites.

Ebonics = Ebony + Phonics?

[Destructor]

"Poor and working-class blacks with Afrocentric educators, however, do not have the opportunity to learn the Standard English necessary to succeed. They are stuck learning through Ebonics. What students aren't told is that, without Standard English, their employment prospects after leaving school are virtually zero. This could lead to chronic unemployment and, potentially, a life of crime."

This is exactly what the Dimocrats want! Criminals are becoming their largest constituency group.

[mhking]

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[Paul Atreides]

Ping, to myself, for later.

[Lamont Cranston]

Great journal! I'd love to be added to your "ping" list if you don't mind.

[Pistias]

return our classrooms to Standard English

Col' got to be! Yo!

[goodnesswins]

Funny....one of my most memorable, and best, English teachers was a black woman (who also was handicapped by today's standards - polio of arm).....The QUEENS English was a REQUIREMENT in her class!

[Congressman Billybob]

Ebonics is a fraud directed at black students, just as bilingual education is a fraud directed at all students whose families speak a language other than English at home. Would it make sense to break the ankles of every black and immigrant child in public schools, and then ask them to run a race? It makes equal sense to teach them a language other than standard English and then ask them to compete in society, for jobs, higher education, or any other benefit.

Did I miss anything?

Congressman Billybob

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[Destructor]

Here's a glimpse of the future. The Latin inscription on the seal of the College of Ebonics reads: "Ebonicus Significadus Nunca"

[AdA$tra]

Great article Mike! As a white guy who grew up in the seventies and eighties who attended racially mixed Topeka High School, slang of ALL types has always influenced my use of language. Most of the seventies "hippie slang" that my English is still marred by, has probably had an effect regarding people's opinion of me. I have made an effort to get rid of trite "slangy" expressions in my professional life and am making an effort that my kids understand that people judge them by the way they speak.

[TrappedInLiberalHell]

Sadly, I think I first began to realize my sister was living on a different planet when she stood up for Ebonics as a language. And she was a graduate student in Linguistics. Thank you, Yale. Thank you, Noam Chomsky.

[Consort]

On-line English to Ebonics Translator.

[Alberta's Child]

Ebonics somewhat parallels southern slang . . .

A relative of mine who was stationed in Alabama with the U.S. Army in the early 1960s was amazed at the dialects he heard down there. He said the black people spoke perfect English and the white people spoke some kind of "ebonics" like northern blacks.

. . . a vocabulary derived from encounters between African slaves and Irish immigrants.

LOL! I don't even want to go near that one -- "Top 'o da mornin' to ya, yo!"

[Constitution Day]

I say, old chap!
Might you have had a chance to peruse this?

[MadMoo]

Ebonics Plague?

[Maceman]

As an interesting language exercise, perhaps Professor Robert Williams could provide us, using nothing but ebonics, with an explanation of how one might go about diagramming an ebonics sentence.

[Aeronaut]

I like the bumper sticker that says "AX ME ABOUT EBONICS"

[Dakmar]

Well shiver me timbers.

No, wait, that was seabonics.

[jiggyboy]

Once again, we see that anybody using the term "disrespectful" these days can immediately be dismissed as a proud member of the underclass.

[Clemenza]

I've always felt that any person should feel free to speak anyway he wishes with his freinds or in the neighborhood. Nevertheless, in a professional or customer service situation WE ALL MUST BE UNDERSTANDABLE TO OTHERS! Malcolm X, for example, was able to speak English better than most radio broadcasters when speaking to the media.

Interesting side note: My sister told me that the blacks in South Carolina where she now lives are more understandable than the whites.