legitimate language. Is their approach innovative, or
demeaning? CNN Newsnight, 12/20/1996.
4. The Argument over the Issue of “Ebonics” as a Separate
Language. There is a great deal of argument over the existence
of Ebonics. CNN Today, 12/20/1996.
5. Oakland schools give black dialect status as second language.
Saying it has failed to adequately educate black youngsters,
the Oakland Unified School District has declared black
English a second language. It becomes the first district in the
nation to give the controversial dialect official status in
programs targeting bilingual students. The Dallas Morning
News, 12/20/1996.
6. In a decision that touches on explosive educational and racial
issues, the Oakland, Calif., school board declared Wednesday
that many of its 28,000 black students do not speak standard
English, but a distinctive language spoken by American
blacks. Morning Star (Wilmington, NC), 12/20/1996.
7. School District Elevates Status of Black English. The New
York Times, 12/20/1996.
8. [The Oakland school board] declared Wednesday that many of
its 28,000 black students did not speak standard English, but a
distinctive language spoken by American blacks. Palm Beach
Post, 12/20/1996.
9. Thousands of Americans became instantly bilingual this week,
when a California school district declared that black English
is a separate language. They call it Ebonics, combining the
words ebony and phonics. Tonight, the angry response grows
in plain English. ABC World News Tonight, 12/22/1996.
10. Critics blast Oakland’s Ebonics plan. United Press
International, 12/21/1996.
11. Ebonics: A distinct language, or broken English? Saint
Petersburg Times, 12/21/1996.
12. The “Ebonics” Tragedy. ANOTHER TRAGIC chapter in racial
self-destruction is being written in Oakland, where the school
board voted unanimously last week to require the teaching of
“black English.” Since educators of all colors apparently feel
a need to puff up all sorts of ordinary things with fancy
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