Black_English

Black English Black English As an African American, I am well versed in what is currently being referred to as Black English. During my lifetime one has come to know Black English as slang or Ebonics. In my opinion there is no such thing as Black English. I disagree with people who claim that negative language attitudes against Black English are a refection of racism. The term Black English infers only blacks or African Americans use this style of speech. Slang can be tracked to every language in every culture. People of all nationalities speak it. Through out the rest of this paper I will refer to Black English as slang. There is a time and place for everything and that includes the utilization of slang. Slang should be used in informal environments with individuals who understand it. Individuals using slang may be of any race. Using slang promotes solidarity. Often, society teenagers develop and use what I will refer to as the “slang of the times”. This was evident, in the 1970’s when the younger generation was referred to as hippies and spoke slang called “jive”. Slang will never lead toward a relationship slang, english, black, speak, people, children, african, understand, school, teaching, success, society, proper, one, must, language, americans, therefore, relate, individuals, includes, everything, effectively, cannot, ability, using, understanding, time, teenagers, teachers, style, speech, should, respect, relationship