Ebonics 2
Title: Ebonics 2
Category: /Literature/English
Details: Words: 627 | Pages: 2 (approximately 235 words/page)
Ebonics 2
Category: /Literature/English
Details: Words: 627 | Pages: 2 (approximately 235 words/page)
Ebonics
The other day I was talking on the subject of Ebonics. I feel Ebonics should be a language. I mean black adolescents that are seen as stupid and non-educated mostly use it. The talk compelled me to do some extensive studying on the subject.
Ebonics is the new academician’s jargon or buzzword for what we used to call “Black English.” Ebonics comes from the root word Ebony that means black or dark. So
showed first 75 words of 627 total
You are viewing only a small portion of the paper.
Please login or register to access the full copy.
Please login or register to access the full copy.
showed last 75 words of 627 total
them. Ebonics will be victorious in academics. It will intellectually empower Black students. Keep watching black students. I presume that you will see a sudden and drastic increase in Black honors students and graduates. You will see far less Black students being labeled as retarded or suspended, and dropping out.
Reference Page for Info:
People Magazine; March 18-25 1996
Webster’s English to French & French to English Dictionary
A television show entitled: “Ebonics, the forgotten language”