Ebonics

How To Use Ebonics In A Sentence

• “Negro dialect” is a fuddy-duddy term for what some have called Ebonics, Black English, and other things, and it is a real linguistic phenomenon. Matthew Yglesias » Trent Lott Revisited
• I was expecting a trite plot and dialogue that would mimic Ebonics, not Southern dialect.
• Obviously, he's no big fan of Ebonics and that whole idea of African language patterns.
• A few years ago, for instance, Cornell's dean of students stood side by side with leftist students as they torched copies of the Cornell Review, which had run an article mocking Ebonics.
• “Negro dialect” is a fuddy-duddy term for what some have called Ebonics, Black English, and other things, and it is a real linguistic phenomenon. Matthew Yglesias » Trent Lott Revisited
• One teacher stated she even allows students to speak Ebonics at certain limited times during class.
• She even used some "ebonics," got a little ghetto and threw a "shout out" to third graders in Alaska after she exclaimed that the education system for our children needed an overhaul - Go figure! Yvonne R. Davis: Sarah Palin: America's Affirmative Action Candidate
• And again -- to oversimplify all the books mentioned (and not mentioned) as preachy, stereotypical and filled with ebonics, is truly offensive ... Debating Black Books
• Before we are done, however, this soul searching will touch everything from the VRA and Affirmative Action to the rightful place of AAVE aka “Ebonics” in our public schools. The Volokh Conspiracy » Looking Forward
• Another important dialect is spoken by many African Americans. Sometimes this dialect is called "Ebonics, " but linguists call it "African-American English.