Power, Language, and the Education of African-American Children
Edited by Theresa Perry and Lisa Delpit
In the winter of 1996, the Oakland school board's resolution
recognizing Ebonics as a valid linguistic system generated a brief firestorm
of hostile criticism and misinformation, then faded from public consciousness.
But in the classrooms of America, the question of how to engage the
distinctive language of many African-American children remains urgent.
In "The Real Ebonics Debate," some of our most important educators,
linguists, and writers — as well as teachers and students reporting
from the field — examine the lessons of the Ebonics controversy
and unravel complexities of the issue that have never been acknowledged.
"The Real Ebonics Debate" is based on a special issue of Rethinking
Schools published in the fall of 1997. This 227-page book is published
in collaboration with Beacon Press of Boston.
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Articles include:
"I 'on Know Why They Be Trippin'," by Theresa Perry
Ebonics and Culturally Responsive Instruction, by Lisa Delpit
Black English/Ebonics: What It Be Like? by Geneva Smitherman
If Ebonics Isn't a Language, Then Tell Me, What Is? by Wayne
O'Neil
Holding On To A Language of Our Own: An Interview with John
Rickford
If Black English Isn't a Language, Then Tell Me, What Is? by
James Baldwin
Ebonics: Myths and Realities, by Mary Rhodes Hoover
Embracing Ebonics and Teaching Standard English: An Interview
with Oakland Teacher Carrie Secret
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