FT>  MS>     Black columnists have blasted Oakland's "Ebonics" 
FT>  MS> proposal as educational disaster for black kids.  Read 
FT>  MS> Walter Williams' many articles on "black English" (and 
FT>  MS> now) "Ebonics".  A black Chicago Tribune columnist who 
FT>  MS> admits to having grown up speaking "Ebonics" blasted 
FT>  MS> the whole idea of schools _accepting_ it as a 
FT>  MS> legitimate language.
FT> 
FT> Yes, it has been pointed out that there is a lack of successful 
FT> blacks (great numbers of anyway) returning to help those still 
FT> in need.  ...kinda like white flight.
    Open up the editorial page of USA Today this week.  A black woman from 
Brooklyn wrote a letter to the editor against the whole idea of accepting 
"Ebonics" as a language for school use.
    Or stay with California papers.  I hear that a high school kid in Oakland 
wrote a letter to the editor opposing the "Ebonics" proposal.  Haven't you 
seen the articles quoting black teachers and students in Oakland who not only 
oppose the "Ebonics" proposal, but who find it laughable?
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