Before being presented with the video and in-class discussions I favored the thought of so-called “training” teachers to learn Ebonics. I felt that this would be a more effective way to reach those students who had a hard time grappling the proper way to speak and understand “correct” English. When I heard this I thought, “Great, now these youth will be able to prove to America that we can achieve as much as other

Ebonics was coined by Robert Williams in 1973 to describe a rich mixture of grammar, syntax, phonology, phonetics, morphology and semantics spoken by people of African descent, or black folks. This was word was not created to describe the problem that Black children have with learning in White Americas’ school’s. In my opinion this word has nothing to do with enriching the intellect of the students. That’s ludicrous! There is no way one can convince me that Ebonics should be taught to teachers and other to communicate with students. Why!? This is a form of dialect that we, us black folks, have come to communicate with. This is our “speak” so to say, and our mother tongue comes out in this so-called “language.” Ebonics to me is not so much a language but rather a history, which none of us can deny. Let me not confuse you into thinking that I disagree from a “one language for all” point-of-view, or a

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