This characteristic of speech is spoken especially (but not exclusively) in African American communities in urban areas and in the south. ... Ebonics is not a poor sister to English but a language system with roots in West Africa (Perry and Delpit 2). This is a language that evolved in a struggle and under conditions of extreme oppression, a creative response to a slave society that did it's best to erase African language and culture (Perry and Delpit 2). ... It is also important for everybody to know, that not all African Americans speak Ebonics; there are non-African Americans who do s...

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What should or should not be done in the teaching of language in our schools? It has been the language of playgrounds, neighborhoods, and churches since African slaves were brought to this country hundreds of years ago. Ebonics - a term combining "ebony" and "phonics" - has been the subject of a bitter and contentious national debate since the school board in Oakland, Calif., voted last to treat black English as a second language in its classrooms and to begin instructing African-American students in the tongue as a way to build reading, writing and language skills. ... But prop...

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Those who choose to agree with the inclusion of this language must be aware of its full clarity and foundation. ... Although the cultural language is now known as Ebonics, this was not always so. Before 1973 this particular form of speech was known as Vernacular Black English, African American English, and African American Vernacular, but in all realization it was seen as the language of "The Black Man". ... Although African Americans use Ebonics, be taught in the classroom by any means. ... Nevertheless, it will remain the language predominantly spoken in the black community. ...

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Throughout the novel, readers learn the culture, customs, and language that were commonly used among southern people during the time period that Twain wrote the novel. The language that they were so commonly use to speaking then, is viewed as unacceptable today. Such language that was custom of nineteenth century America was the racial slur, "nigger," which was utilized as a degrading term for African-Americans. ... African-American students might read the, "n-word," and feel separated and hurt, because of its negative connotation. ... Renton High School's student, 16-...

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In 1996, the Oakland School Board put forth a plan to legitimize "Ebonics" as a language and use it as a way to communicate with their students. ... Ebonics was coined by Robert Williams in 1973 to describe a rich mixture of grammar, syntax, phonology, phonetics, morphology and semantics spoken by people of African descent, or black folks. ... This is our "speak" so to say, and our mother tongue comes out in this so-called "language." Ebonics to me is not so much a language but rather a history, which none of us can deny. ... Language branches off of power in the sense of saying that the d...

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Native Americans are described as "filthy,"" "murderers,"" and "savages;- Chicanos are presented as lawbreakers and bandits; African-Americans are usually shown in low status roles, neglecting their many contributions (Farley, 2000, p.389). ... All minorities with linguistic differences can be affected, including Chicanos, African Americans, and American Indians. When a child speaks little, or no, English in the home or outside of the classroom environment, they may need intensive help in learning and mastering the English language. ... The educational system needs to recognize this and ...

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The child that I am tutoring is African American and lives in the inner city. ... The language is far above her. ... "I tell them that their language and cultural style is unique and wonderful but that there is a political power game that is also being played, and if they want to be in on that game there are certain games that they too must play." ... My student should have been taught a long time ago that her language was unacceptable for use on English essays. She needs to know that her own "native" language should not be lost, but that there is a way to write and speak formally. ...

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My family would learn multiple languages and stay in multiple countries in Africa for four years before finally escaping to an over illustrated "promise land." ... Other problems that lay in her way of living a moderately normal life were her troubles with the English language and still having to maintain good enough grades to graduate high school. ...

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Some of the aspects are all day kindergarten, beginners reading program which combine a phonic and whole language approach, reading groups which are constantly assessed by teachers, one-on-one tutoring, and co-operative projects in language arts and math. ... Magnet schools where started in America to make the schools in neighborhoods that are predominantly African American so good that white students would enroll by chose thus upping the moral of the socially disadvantaged African American, and giving them a greater chance for succeeding. ...

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By 1925 children of Italian, Portugese, Spanish, and Mexican decendants were under represented, and nearly total absence of African American children was even worth mentioning (Heller, et. al 587). Borland and Wright states by the 1960, Horace Bond, an African American educational researcher studied the relationship between the SES (socio-economic status) and the National Merit Scholarship, which he discovered was fixed and immutable just as the long established European social hierarchies (Heller, et. al 587). ... Jenkins, another can American educational researcher, compared the intelligenc...

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By 1925 children of Italian, Portugese, Spanish, and Mexican decendants were under represented, and nearly total absence of African American children was even worth mentioning (Heller, et. al 587). Borland and Wright states by the 1960, Horace Bond, an African American educational researcher studied the relationship between the SES (socio-economic status) and the National Merit Scholarship, which he discovered was fixed and immutable just as the long established European social hierarchies (Heller, et. al 587). ... Jenkins, another can American educational researcher, compared the intelligenc...

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Nearly 25% of all children, and 50% of all African American children in the United States are living in poverty, meanwhile poverty continues to rise, so that our schools will be serving over 30% more poor children in the year 2020. ... The school has language offered, and computers and arts. ... Without language, arts, theater, or even computers, it's just boring. ...

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With the help of Anne Sullivan her teacher, Helen Keller learned to communicate through sign language. ... The first settlers in America were black, from Africa, becoming enslaved when Europeans came and took over. ...

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Stories such as this are repeated over and over in the history of the civil rights movement in the United States: In January 1961, James Meredith, an African-American, applied for admission to the University of Mississippi. ... Did desegregation truly improve the quality of education African Americans received? In certain parts of the country, African American students benefited tremendously. ... Even though it is clear many students have benefited from the desegregation policy, standard test scores for African Americans continue to lag behind their white counterparts. In addition, studie...

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Most high schools and colleges did not accept females or African Americans. ... German immigrants also opposed Mann's ideas as they feared that their children would forget German language and culture. ...

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Hornby and Lafaele later pointed out: "minorities are less involved, less represented and less informed, and are less likely to have access to resources, as well as more likely to have problems associated with language, transport, communication and child care" "(41). ... As J D Taliaferro stated this fact: "Some school personnel doubt the capacity of parents, particularly African-American parents, to provide genuine and meaningful assistance at the school " (280). ...

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