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First, the word "ebonics," which dates back to the early 1970s and has been used even in some public-school settings without controversy for years, may seem to be putting on airs, but what many linguists prefer to call "Black English Vernacular" or "African-American Vernacular English" is a major linguistic stream that has been flowing within recognizable channels for centuries.
Needless to say, the confrontational language of the Oakland resolution, and the ill-advised statement that ebonics is "genetically based," did nothing to stifle criticism.
Subject: Ebonics and the Techno Babble Re: ""
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.
We are all young, urban "heads" ( heads is "ebonics" for "people") who run a multimedia company.
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