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But that's not the same as saying ebonics speakers can't do math because they can't speak math.
Discussions around the holiday dinner table in Greenwich or Grosse Pointe may characterize ebonics as an issue mainly of laziness or sloppiness--something whose rectification should be a matter merely of better habits or self-control, like standing up straight or looking another person in the eye.
Recent markers of black separatism include the Louis Farrakhan-sponsored Million Man March of 1995, to which only African-American men were invited; the debate over the teaching in public schools of Ebonics , the so-called African-American dialect; the establishment of exclusively African-American dorms on college campuses; and single-race schools , which are even supported by Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, because he believes they will promote the self-esteem of African-American students.
What interests me about these minority language and dialect matters is why ebonics was perceived as so great a threat when the whole issue arose in late 1996 in Oakland, Calif.
Dialect differences can cause strife and disharmony, as can be witnessed in the contemporary dispute over the decision by a California school district to use Ebonics as a vehicle to teach Standard English.