Good resources for studying
the Ebonics conflict in Oakland CA:
Center for Applied Linguistics' site
about the Oakland controversy, probably the best starting point for
research into that conflict.
Sociolinguist William Labov's
testimony on Ebonics, given January 23, 1997, before the
Subcommittee on Labor, Health and
Human Services and Education of the Senate Appropriations
Committee.
Hooked on
Ebonics, by Dennis Baron
Geoffrey
Nunberg's essay on the way the press reported on the Ebonics issue
The
Linguistic
Society of America Ebonics Resolution
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