Ebonics Categorizing African-American Language
To be honest I find It a little offensive and discriminatory to categorize the African-American language as being a language of its own. Why not call it informal language instead of categorizing it as African-American language or Ebonics? I do not hear this language coming only from African-Americans, but I also hear it from Latinos. I do not have a problem with teaching children the standard English, but I think that Ebonics is profiling the African-American culture. The teacher’s technique when working on translating Ebonics into standard English is a good way to teach students how to use standard English; however, it should not be categorized as African-American language. It should be categorized as an incorrect use of English. Of course,