What happened to my America? I recall about ten years ago someone wanted to make ebonics a recognized language. That little piece of garbage legislation was shot down, but hard. However a Southern California school board recognized ebonics as an actual language in 1996. Now that same school district is gearing up to include ebonics into its curriculum this fall.
Mary Texeira, a sociology professor at Cal State San Bernardino, believes the program will be beneficial to students.
I wouldn’t expect anything less from our government schools.
"Ebonics is a different language, it's not slang as many believe,' Texeira told the Sun. "For many of these students Ebonics is their language, and it should be considered a foreign language. These students should be taught like other students who speak a foreign language."
Not slang! Ebonics is a combination of broken English, vulgarities, and idiocy. That’s it! The language is still English, it’s simply being used improperly. No differently than someone from the deep South misusing the English language with their Southern dialect and phrasings. Yet no one has proposed naming it “hickonics”.
The program, which will be implemented gradually, begins this fall when teachers receive training on black culture and customs. The district curriculum will include information on the historical, cultural and social impact of blacks in society.
Fact: Most of target students have little education when it comes to the above subject matter. Ebonics has no historical basis in black culture. Africans never referred to each other as “Dawg”, their ornate wardrobe was never called “bling-bling” and I can almost guarantee their language wasn’t butchered the way ebonics does the English language.
"We are affirming and recognizing Ebonics through supplemental reading books for students,"
How the hell are they going to dictate sentence structure out of that garbled crap? There is no way Microsoft has any software geared toward proofreading ebonics.
Board member Danny Tillman told the paper he pushed for the policy because he hoped it would increase the number of black students going to college and participating in advanced courses.
Oh sure, I’m going to trust a doctor who talks like a drug pusher or a lawyer who refers to the jury as “Ma peeps”.
Teresa Parra, board vice president, worries other minority groups, including Hispanics, will want their own programs.
Um…they already do. Well, everyone except the WHITE KIDS. Because that would be raciest.
"I've always thought that we should provide students support based on their needs and not on their race," she said.
Thank you Teresa, now go to the senate floor and address that point as it pertains to affirmative action.
Ratibu Jacocks, a member of a coalition of black activists – the Westside Action Group – said they are working with the district to ensure the policy is implemented appropriately. Translation: You will bow down and kiss our black asses or we will scream “racism!”
"This isn't a feel-good policy. This is the real thing," said Jacocks. I think I’m going to be sick.
He welcomes the idea of other ethnic groups lobbying for their own program. Until a group of white kids wants to start one.
"When you are doing what's right, others will follow,' Jacocks said. "We have led the way before the civil-rights movement opened the door for women's rights and other movements." Here comes the vomit fairy again.
Nuff said.