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TheBlackAdder

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1. Dj sounds like he was giving justification for Ebonics.

Reply to stevenleser (Original post)

Mon Jan 21, 2013, 01:19 AM

Jan 2013

Remember how Ebonics was introduced, trying to explain that intelligence was not directly related to one's proper use of the English language... that cultural differences justified the use of nonstandard English?

Dj seems to be using some of the same arguments as the proponents of Ebonics.

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