Black Women/ Black Literature

Why is Ebonics or the "Black language" considered inappropriate in a social contrast when we use it everyday talking with our friends and family? Well, school has taught us a Black people to speak "proper" English is the only way to be considered literate in society. Sometimes, I just want to talk normal (slang) without having to confine to expectations of others. 


Christina McVay is a professor who teaches oral and written discourses, about  "Black Language". Can you believe that shes white?? She actually embraces the "Black Language". In her class, she allowed her students to create a slang dictionary, defining the slang terms or phrases in correlation to the "proper" ones. It was amazing because it's rare, for an English professor to accept encourage slang terminology.

Be YoSelf

Epiphany => It is perfectly fine to speak a different way other than those around you. Everyone doesn't look alike, so why should we all speak alike?



(P.S. Just because Ebonics is appropriate for us does not mean it is ready to be used in the "everyday" classrooms.)