| 11. | A stigma is attached to speaking it, much like Ebonics, or black English.
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| 12. | But at this point black English is basically a sociolect of general American English.
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| 13. | There is a big difference between teaching black English and teaching about black English,
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| 14. | For starters, let's call it black English instead of Ebonics.
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| 15. | Much of black English has its roots in African languages.
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| 16. | How will black English aid even in passing a test for a driver's license?
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| 17. | But I find myself resorting to ` black English'when speaking to the brothas ."
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| 18. | Black English includes slang as well as differences in grammar.
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| 19. | In Deborah Harrison and Thomas Trabasso, eds ., Black English : A Seminar, 57-93.
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| 20. | Woof is a Black English pronunciation of " wolf ."
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