Brian23038
I’ve always felt that the way you speak and carry yourself is very important, and if you change the way you speak/carry yourself to fit each situation, you are not being truthful to yourself or others. Ebonics may be an important part of black history, but I do not feel there is room for it to be taught in schools as a second or primary language. Why should we encourage our children to sound like fools? Those who speak Ebonics sound like idiots (to me, anyway). I apologize to anyone who speaks it as a result of not knowing any other language, your case is the only acceptable reason to speak it, and please, for your own well-being, learn real (not white) English.
Living in the Detroit area, I come in contact with many blacks, and I also have many friends and associates who are black. I have yet to meet someone who speaks this “language,” nor have I seen anyone on the cover of any magazine telling of how speaking Ebonics has made their life more successful than they could have ever dreamed.
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