The Ebonics Debate Essay Research Paper The — страница 3

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credentials, present a clear unbiased view on the pro-ebonics side of the issue. He pays specific attention to any element of rebuttal, leaving any opposing views as merely a confusion of the facts, as is the case with Chuck Sambar=s editorial AEbonics.@ Sambar clearly has not taken an educated look at the resolution itself and is caught up in hot-headed emotion which blinds his ability to see the true problem at hand. Something must be done to stop these students falling through the cracks of the education system. As Fillmore points out, no one is suggesting that Ebonics be taught in the classroom, they only suggest that something must be done to give these students the tools necessary to bridge the gap from the African-American vernacular to the standard American English the

students will be required to speak and write in the classroom and later on in life, giving them the same opportunities the school system should provide for every American.