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6 pages in length. Ebonics, which is a word combined from "ebony" (black) and "phonics" (sounds), has been labeled a genetically based language whose roots reach back to Africa. The controversy remains an issue with deep-seated racial implications: is there a place for Ebonics in today's society, and if not, are those who refuse to recognize it as a true language guilty of racism? Bibliography lists 10 sources.
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merely English slang that has become too far out of control, while proponents say it is truly a language unto itself that was brought over long ago from Africa.
Ebonics, which is a word combined from "ebony" (black) and "phonics" (sounds) (Majette-Daniels PG), has been labeled a "genetically-based" (Anonymous A PG) language whose roots reach back to Africa.
The controversy remains an issue with deep-seated racial implications: is there a place for Ebonics in todays society, and if not, are those who
refuse to recognize it as a true language guilty of racism? Recognized by its poor grammar and diction, Ebonics has most definitely been labeled a "black thing" (Anonymous B
PG), for there is no black English or ebony linguistics within the framework of the English language. What does exist is standard English and secondary offshoots, as well as
the correct and incorrect usage of the language. Ebonics has been placed in a class of its own that has had no equivalent before or since.
Much to the chagrin of many, some school districts have now implemented Ebonics as a language course. Slang is a component of nearly every spoken
language; however, the line between jargon and true common speech becomes blurred when such slang is adopted as its own entity. This is just the case with Ebonics, a
phrase coined back in the 1970s for a style of black English (Gray A05). Never before has there been such attention drawn to the way black people speak in
our society. Not all are in favor of the offshoot language that is working its way into mainstream linguistics. In fact, some opinions about Ebonics are so harsh,
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