Beyond Ebonics
Linguistic Pride and Racial Prejudice
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP USA
- Date of Publication 19 October 2000
- ISBN 9780195120462
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages176 pages
- Size 225x149x18 mm
- Weight 358 g
- Language English
- Illustrations 8 line illustrations 0
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Short description:
The decision by the Oakland, California school board to declare "Ebonics" as the official language of their African-American students unleashed a firestorm of controversy with overtly racial overtones. While the vast majority of linguists were caught off guard by these events, equivocating over technical distinctions between "a language" and "a dialect", journalists, legislators, and the public demanded to know more about "Ebonics", and the controversial claims that were asserted by its proponents. John Baugh, a leading authority on African-American English, sifts through the volatile circumstances and evidence that triggered this debate, including the origin of Ebonics, and provides detailed comparisons of the notorious resolutions that brought it to global attention.
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The media frenzy surrounding the 1996 resolution by the Oakland School Board brought public attention to the term "Ebonics". However, the idea remains a mystery to most. John Baugh, a well-known African-American linguist and education expert, offers an accessible explanation of the origins of the term, the linguistic reality behind the hype, and the politics behind the outcry on both sides of the debate. Using a non-technical, first-person style, and bringing in many of his own personal experiences, Baugh debunks many commonly-held notions about the way African-Americans speak English, and the result is a nuanced and balanced portrait of a fraught subject. This volume should appeal to students and scholars in anthropology, linguistics, education, urban studies, and African-American studies
Beyond Ebonics deserves attention and reflection. It informs us about the Ebonics controversy in an intellectual and dispassionate way, which is a far cry from what we got in the midst of the controversy. With Baugh's book, sanity has finally arrived.
Table of Contents:
Linguistic Pride and Racial Prejudice
Ebonic Genesis
A Contentious Global Debut
The Oakland Resolutions
Legislative Lament
Legal Implications
Disparate Theoretical Foundations
Racist Reactions and Ebonics Satire
Beyond Ebonics: Striving toward Enhanced Linguistic Tolerance
Appendix A: Linguistic Society of American Resolution on the Oakland "Ebonics" Issue
Appendix B: Texas 75th Legislature, Regular Session: House Resolution 28
Appendix C: California 1997-98 Regular Session: Senate Bill 205
