and so begins the demise of america

[ledhed]

Ebonics gone wild..
http://www.ebaumsworld.com/flash/ghettodelta.html

 

[87chevy]

ebonics is old news man. where have you been?

i was in middleschool when they actually put that crap on the local highscools' schedules as a class.

 

[MrktMkr1986]

You know for the longest time i said that the end of America was coming; that we were slowly devolving into a third world country. But i was wrong. Today is when the end truly started. I'll let this article explain what i mean:

http://www.sbsun.com/Stories/0,1413,208~12588~2969790,00.html

Im sure there are better articles covering i just posted the first thing i saw. I heard about this on the news and its pretty much been the topic of the day all over the radio. For you lazy people who didnt bother to read it i'll sum it up; basically the California school board wants to recognize "Ebonics" as a foreign language in order to "better" teach students. I want to know how this will be better. Isn't the whole point of english class to teach students NOT to speak like this? To PREVENT speaking like this? Now a lot of people have been getting this confused. They are NOT teaching ebonics, just recognizing it as a second language so those students can get "special" treatment. Same as they do with students who really do speak a foreign language such as SPANISH. All this will do is encourage students to talk like this. Dont get me wrong im all for free speech. Hey if they're around thier friends just having a good time, they should talk how they want. Hell when im out with my friends i cuss like a goddamned sailor. But you know what? Once it becomes "Big people" time i shape up. Be it school, business, whatever, i talk like a professional adult should. Now don't get me wrong im not trying to be a hypocrite because im sure i have many grammatical mistakes in this here post but give me a break, im in college, im still learning. I dont believe this will help anything, it will only worsen the situation, and as far as im concerned, its only a money thing. They do this just so they can get more government grants into the school so they can line thier own pockets. Its sad when the responsibility and development of a another persons future becomes nothing but a money game. I was wrong before. TODAY is the beginning of the end. Goodbye america, you will be missed.

I'm one of the few Blacks that I know of that does not speak "Ebonics". I resent any implication that Blacks need to be taught this nonsense in order to succeed in school. 3.77 average here (and I could have done better... ).

Then the article goes on to say:

"There are African Americans who do not agree with me. They say that [SOME] (black students) are lazy and that they need to learn to talk,' Texeira said.

Frankly, I'm sick of seeing things like this. This is almost as bad as being called a... 🤬 ... and being told that it's "OK".