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title	:	The Real Ebonics Debate : Power, Language, and the Education of African-American Children
author	:	Perry, Theresa.; Delpit, Lisa D.
publisher	:	Beacon Press
isbn10 | asin	:	0807031453
print isbn13	:	9780807031452
ebook isbn13	:	9780807031469
language	:	English
subject	African Americans--Education, English language--Study and teaching--African American students, Black English, African American children--Language, Language and education--United States.
publication date	:	1998
lcc	:	LC2778.L34R43 1998eb
ddc	:	371.829/6073
subject	:	African Americans--Education, English language--Study and teaching--African American students, Black English, African American children--Language, Language and education--United States.

Page iii The Real Ebonics Debate Power, Language, and the Education of African-American Children Edited by Theresa Perry and Lisa Delpit Published in collaboration with Rethinking Schools

Page iv Beacon Press 25 Beacon Street Boston, Massachusetts 02108-2892 www.beacon.org Beacon Press books are published under the auspices of the Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations. 1998 by Theresa Perry and Lisa Delpit All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America 03 02 01 00 99 8 7 6 5 4 3 Text design by Wesley B.Tanner/Passim Editions Composition by Wilsted & Taylor Publishing Services Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data The real ebonics debate : power, language, and the education of African-American children / edited by Theresa Perry and Lisa Delpit. p. cm. "Published in collaboration with Rethinking schools." Includes bibliographical references (p. ). ISBN 0-8070-3145-3 (paper : alk. paper) 1. Afro-AmericansEducation. 2. English languageStudy and teaching Afro-American students. 3. Black English. 4.Afro-American childrenLanguage. 5. Language and educationUnited States. I. Perry, Theresa. II. Delpit, Lisa D. III. Rethinking schools. LC2778.L34R43 1998 371.829'6073dc2l 97-46828

Page v To Neida Perry and the late Dan R. Perry, who raised up and educated twelve strong, resolute, and loud-mouthed children, and to Imani Perry, that she might continue in that tradition. To Maya Delpit, to the remarkable children in Carrie Secret's class, and to all the other brilliant African-American children who are destined to change the world.

Page vii CONTENTS Preface ix Foreword xi 1. Introductions "I 'on Know Why They Be Trippin'": Reflections on the Ebonics Debate Theresa Perry 3 What Should Teachers Do? Ebonics and Culturally Responsive Instruction Lisa Delpit 17 2. What Is Ebonics? Black English/Ebonies: What It Be Like? Geneva Smitherman 29 If Ebonics Isn't a Language, Then Tell Me, What Is? (pace James Baldwin, 1979) Wayne O'Neil 38 What Is Black English? What Is Ebonics? Ernie Smith 49 Holding on to a Language of Our Own: An Interview with Linguist John Rickford 59 If Black English Isn't a Language, Then Tell Me, What Is? James Baldwin 67 Ebonics: Myths and Realities Mary Rhodes Hoover 71 3. Classroom Implications Embracing Ebonics and Teaching Standard English: An Interview with Oakland Teacher Carrie Secret 79

Page viii An Ante-Bellum Sermon Paul Laurence Dunbar 89 The Seedling Paul Laurence Dunbar 93 Kitchen Poets and Classroom Books: Literature from Children's Roots Terry Meier 94 "Listen to Your Students": An Interview with Oakland High School English Teacher Hafeezah AdamaDavia Dalji 104 Teaching Teachers about Black Communications Terry Meier 117 Ebonics Speakers and Cultural, Linguistic, and Political Test Bias Mary Rhodes Hoover 126 Removing the Mask: Roots of Oppression Through Omission Monique Brinson 134 4. The Oakland Resolution The Oakland Ebonics Resolution 143 Ebonics Resolution Revisions

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