[Michael Barnes]

"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."

C'mon man! Do it right!

"Poor an' working-class blacks wiff Afrocentric educators, however, do not gots da opportunity ta learn da Standard English necessary ta succeed. They iz stuck learning through Ebonics. What students aren't told iz dat, without Standard English, they employment prospects afta leaving skoo iz virtually zero. This could lead ta chronic unemployment an', potentially, uh life o' crime." don't make me shank ya!

[Destructor]

Cease fire, man! Don' make me git mi gat!

[Wright is right!]

""Poor an' working-class blacks wiff Afrocentric educators, however, do not gots da opportunity ta learn da Standard English necessary ta succeed. They iz stuck learning through Ebonics. What students aren't told iz dat, without Standard English, they employment prospects afta leaving skoo iz virtually zero. This could lead ta chronic unemployment an', potentially, uh life o' crime." don't make me shank ya!"

You beat me to it. I was planning on running the whole thing thru The Dialecticizer (mode=jive) but a paragraph is all you really need. Good work.

Michael

[madvlad]

"Po' an' working-class blacks wiff Afrocentric educators, however, do not gits da opportunity ta learn da Standa'd English necessary ta succeed. They iz stuck learning through Ebonics. What students ain't told iz dat, wit'out Standa'd English, they employment prospects afta day leaves skoo iz virtually zero. This could lead ta chronic unemployment an', potentially, uh life o' crime." don't make me shank ya!

Dese be correkshuns to da original passage.
Yous be required to repeat Ebonics 101
cuz yous is dum!

Mad Vlad

[AppyPappy]

Me and Bobby Lee were fixin' to ask how come black peoples talk so all dang funny. Well, shoot far, I kin barrly understands em sometimes.