African American Language (AAVE)

Ann Arbor “Black English trial” (1979)

(And Oakland School Board 1996)

Teachers use African American Language to teach standard English:

http://www.pbs.org/speak/seatosea/standardamerican/

http://www.cal.org/topics/dialects/aae.html

http://www.cal.org/resources/digest/christ01.html

http://www.stanford.edu/~rickford/ebonics/LingAnthro1.html

and KRS-1 Boogie Down Productions Why is that?

http://www.amazon.com/Why-Is-That-Explicit/dp/B002JLW0D8/ref=sr_1_13?ie=UTF8&qid=1251911946&sr=1-13

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