Ebonics

Rich Graves rcgraves at disposable.com
Sat Dec 21 21:25:15 PST 1996


Anonymous wrote:
> 
> Now, you might argue that districts with low property tax revenues
> don't deserve public schools, or that those public schools should be
> openbly funded without playing strange games with bilingual education.
> However, there's no point in arguing they shouldn't teach Ebonic as no
> one intends to teach it.

Of course there's a point! It's not based in fact, it's not honest, and 
it's not helpful, but there *is* a point. Call it "satire" or "straw 
man" depending on your general opinion of black people and "their" 
politics.

-rich






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