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Download full textFasold, Ralph W. – 1999
Since the 1996 Oakland School Board decision regarding the use of Ebonics as a tool of instruction, opinions have clashed over whether Ebonics is a separate language or merely a dialect of English. Called Black Vernacular English (BVE) in the 1960s and 70s, African American Vernacular English (AAVE) in the 1980s and 90s, (called…
Descriptors: Black Dialects, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education, English
