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The Real Ebonics Debate: Power, Language, and the Education of African-American Children » Read Now
by Lisa Delpit, Theresa Perry. 234 pgs.

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When the Oakland school board issued a resolution calling for schools to acknowledge the reality of black English in the classroom, a huge national outcry and media frenzy arose. The debate about "Ebonics" made national headlines, quickly became politicized and divisive, opened wounds about ra ce...
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When the Oakland school board issued a resolution calling for schools to acknowledge the reality of black English in the classroom, a huge national outcry and media frenzy arose. The debate about "Ebonics" made national headlines, quickly became politicized and divisive, opened wounds about ra ce, then faded from public consciousness. But in the classrooms of America, the question of how to engage the distinctive language of many African-American children remains urgent. In The Real Ebonics Debate, some of our most important progressive educators, linguists, and writers, as well as teachers and students reporting from the field, examine the lessons of the Ebonics controversy and unravel the complexities of the issue, covering realities never acknowledged by the media. They discuss the meaning of th e political debate; they think through the detailed dynamics of teacher-student interaction; and they give wonderfully precise linguistic insight into the structure and uses of African-American English-from colloquial speech to the literary voice of Toni Morrison. The Real Ebonics Debate cuts to the heart of how America educates African-American children. It will have immediate and enduring value for anyone thinking about race and schools.
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Beyond Ebonics: Linguistic Pride and Racial Prejudice » Read Now
by John Baugh. 156 pgs.

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The media frenzy surrounding the 1996 resolution by the Oakland School Board brought public attention to the term "Ebonics", however the idea remains a mystery to most. John Baugh, a well-known African-American linguist and education expert, offers an accessible explanation of the origins of the...
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The media frenzy surrounding the 1996 resolution by the Oakland School Board brought public attention to the term "Ebonics", however the idea remains a mystery to most. John Baugh, a well-known African-American linguist and education expert, offers an accessible explanation of the origins of the term, the linguistic reality behind the hype, and the politics behind the outcry on both sides of the debate. Using a non-technical, first-person style, and bringing in many of his own personal experiences, Baugh debunks many commonly-held notions about the way African-Americans speak English, and the result is a nuanced and balanced portrait of a fraught subject. This volume should appeal to students and scholars in anthropology, linguistics, education, urban studies, and African-American studies.
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Ebonics Is Not Black English, in The Western Journal of Black Studies » Read Now
by Ernie Smith, Karen Crozier. 19 pgs.

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...Ebonics is not Black English. by ERNIE SMITH...we have made it clear that, Ebonics is not "Black English" and that the appellation...Houghton Mifflin. -- (1997). Black...
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Proceedings of the National Association for Multicultural Education: Seventh Annual Name Conference (Chap. 20 "Black English: 'Ain't Nobody Can Talk about Things Being about Theirselves';" "Misconceptions surrounding Black English" begins on p. 413) » Read Now
by Carl A. Grant. 500 pgs.

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...Chapter Twenty Black English: "Aint nobody can talk about...which addresses the origins of Black English, grammar, structure and sound rule in West African language, and in...
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Signs of Diaspora/Diaspora of Signs: Literacies, Creolization, and Vernacular Practice in African America » Read Now
by Grey Gundaker. 291 pgs.

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...Challenging monolithic approaches to culture and literacy, this book looks at the roots of African-American reading and writing from the perspective of vernacular...
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Black English: A Seminar (1976) » Read Now
by Deborah Sears Harrison, Tom Trabasso. 308 pgs.

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...BLACK ENGLISH A Seminar BLACK ENGLISH A Seminar Edited by DEBORAH SEARS HARRISON University...Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Main entry under title: Black English...
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Black-English Influences in the Writing of Third- and Sixth-Grade Black Students, in Journal of Educational Research » Read Now
by Bruce Cronnell. 4 pgs.

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...Black-English Influences in the Writing of Third- and...those errors that may be influenced by Black English oral usage. Hypercorrections are also...morphological) seem to...
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Language in the Inner City: Studies in the Black English Vernacular (1972) » Read Now
by William Labov. 414 pgs.

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...INNER CITY Studies in the Black English Vernacular WILLIAM LABOV...Reading Problems for Speakers of the Black English Vernacular," New Directions...the inner city: studies...
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The Controversy over Ebonics, in Phi Delta Kappan » Read Now
by Steven Fox. 4 pgs.

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...about the subject. Some call Ebonics what has generally been called Black English or Black English Vernacular - a language, some...particular dialect of American English...
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Bashing Black English: The Pundits Got Oakland Wrong, in Commonweal » Read Now
by Dorothy Jane Mills. 2 pgs.

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...bring African-American childrens Standard English proficiency up to the same level as that...school speaking the standard, so that black children can achieve academically...
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The Workings of Language: From Prescriptions to Perspectives (Chap. 4 "Home Speech as Springboard to School Speech: Oakland's Commendable Work on Ebonics" begins on p. 59) » Read Now
by Rebecca S. Wheeler. 252 pgs.

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The essays in this book help to make sense of the workings of language in our everyday world--on the personal, local, national, and international levels. The authors are all linguists, seeking to help readers free themselves of language prejudices, thus opening the way to better informed views on...
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The essays in this book help to make sense of the workings of language in our everyday world--on the personal, local, national, and international levels. The authors are all linguists, seeking to help readers free themselves of language prejudices, thus opening the way to better informed views on the function of language in society, a more balanced treatment in schools, and more linguistically-sound public policies.
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American Earlier Black English: Morphological and Syntactic Variables » Read Now
by Edgar W. Schneider. 340 pgs.

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...Black Idiom Smitherman 1973, 1977 , Ebonics E. A. Smith 1975 , Black Amerenglish Brandes/Brewer 1977 , or...pedagogical dimensions of research into Black English This brief...
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Ebonics Is Defective Speech and a Handicap for Black Children, in Education » Read Now
by Leon W. Todd, Jr. 4 pgs.

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...and a handicap for Black children. by...controversy over ebonics, a word derived from...economy where standard English determines ones career...circles regarding the...
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A Content Analysis of the Style of Speeches of Black College Students, in Journal of Instructional Psychology » Read Now
by A. L. Evans, L. Gardner, O. S. Lamar, A. Evans, V. Evans. 8 pgs.

Collections: Education, Psychology, Entire Library

...will teach standard English, 1997; The man who coined the term `Ebonics," 1997) provided an...in the speeches of black college students...to by many names: Ebonics, Black...
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Students Hooked on 'Ebonics' Are Being Groomed for Failure, in Insight on the News » Read Now
by Nicholas Stix. 1 pgs.

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...Development of African-American English. New York state regent...insisted that her support of ebonics had been "misrepresented...the language of great black poets of the...