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Ebonics be back in bidnessTru dat yo...Ebonics, a dialect of American English spoken by many blacks, was recognized as a separate language by the Oakland, Calif., school board in 1996.
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"For many of these students Ebonics is their language, and it should be considered a foreign language. These students should be taught like other students who speak a foreign language."
Texeira acknowledged there are African Americans who disagree with her.
"They say that [black students] are lazy and that they need to learn to talk," she said.
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So much for preparing youth to function in society.
|| Posted by Yogimus, July 20, 2005 02:40 AM ||Well, shizzle mah nizzle, beatch.
|| Posted by Cait, July 21, 2005 04:35 PM ||