In the 1970s, "Ebonics" was the allegedly natural language of Black Americans. My father strongly objected to having Black students in his district taught in Ebonics. The only teacher in his district who supported him was an elderly Black woman who accurately said Ebonics would permanently relegate Blacks to an economic ghetto.
Given how awful Ebonics was, it's inevitable that it's back. An associate dean at Arizona State University just wrote a lengthy book saying that proper English writing is inherently racist;.................Inoue's central premise can be boiled down to one idea: teaching students the English language is inherently racist, something magnified when teachers expect non-White students to perform competently in English. In other words, it's Ebonics all over again...........To Read More....
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