America’s unreflective dismissal of Ebonics is rather fascinating, not because many see it as a “lesser” form of English, but rather because society fails, for the most part, to dip its feet into the ...

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The U.S. government's recent call for Ebonics translators to serve a drug-enforcement region that includes South Florida renews a decades-old debate: What exactly is Ebonics, and should law ...

ATLANTA (CBS/AP) The Drug Enforcement Administration is looking to hire nine Ebonics translators in order to help interpret wiretapped conversations involving targets of undercover drug investigations ...

With a heated debate still raging over the Oakland school board's recent decision recognizing ebonics as a distinct language, the Graduate School of Education brought in John Baugh, a professor of ...

For all the talk about what a subtle business the n-word is, the concept of Ebonics is just as tricky. And in the wake of the theatrically pat culmination of the Dr. Laura drama — her exiting stage ...

Federal agents are seeking to hire Ebonics translators to help interpret wiretapped conversations involving targets of undercover drug investigations. The Drug Enforcement Agency recently sent memos ...

The Department of Justics has revived debate over Ebonics with DEA job offer. Aug. 23 ,2010— -- The U.S. Department of Justice is looking for fluent Ebonics speakers to fill nine drug enforcement ...

Talks are underway to possibly include Ebonics as a part of the curriculum in a California school district as a way to boost test scores among African-American students, reports MSNBC.com.

In what sounds like the setup for a comedy sketch, the Justice Department is seeking experts in "ebonics," or black English. According to The Smoking Gun, a Drug Enforcement Administration office in ...

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The Ebonics resolution itself came with 18 pages of recommendations covering everything from hiring more black teachers to mentoring black males. When the backlash came, the board hired a publicist ...