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By: kamila
E-mail: kamila@yahoo.com
EBONICS IS NOT THE ANSWER Over the pass few months, a controversial subject regarding the education of African American students in the Oakland School District has made its way to the top of discussions across America. “Ebonics” or African American Vernacular English (AAVE), or Vernac ....
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.... Warren wrote in Brown vs. Board of Education "Education is perhaps the most important function of state and local governments... In these days, it is doubtful that any child may reasonably be expected to succeed in life if he is denied the opportunity of an education." An education that promotes success and esteem, not one that suggests lower standards. Warren's words are no less true today. President Kennedy once said, "A child miseducated is a child lost." Ebonics has fast become a statewide concern because it promises to miseducate an entire generation ....
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