| Ebonics for school credit??
I have heard recent discussion amoung my friends that people have been debating whether or not to "add ebonics" as a language for highschool / college classes. My reasoning is that ebonics isn't foreign"language". Moreover, it originated domestically ~ within the US, hence it shouldn't be classified as a course needed or an elective in school.
Languages such as Spanish, French, Japanese, Chinese, Italian all have distinct cultural backgrounds...but if you go to Africa you will not see anyone speaking "ebonics". It originated in the US, after African-immigration.
Has anyone heard anything related to this matter? Should this be put into our education system? |