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No. Speaking in Ebonics is the same as speaking with an accent. You can't control their expression; you learned to speak with a Southern accent as a child, while other people learned to speak with an Ebonic accent (?). By condoning speaking in a Southern accent, you condone speaking in Ebonics.

Whatever rational basis your arguments may have had were eradicated by

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ludicrous logical conclusion drawn above. Hehe. What I mean to say is that since both Ebonics and a Southern accent are learned during early childhood, you have no control over how you talk. You can't penalize someone for speaking the way they were taught.

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I can't understand thick Southern accents. No matter how smart you are, I'm not going to hire you because I can't understand you. How do you feel?

Oh so sad. Let me make this clear, an accent is far different from grammatically incorrect speech. I can speak with grammatic perfection and a drawl so heavy it'll make your eyeballs hurt. Yeah. I thought the issue was understanding in the workplace; no matter how gramatically correct your are, I can't understand you and so I won't hire you.