"You Done Lost Yo' Mind Ain't No Such Thang as AAVE": Exploring African American Resistance to AAVE
John Rickford (1990) states that “80%-90% of African Americans speak some form of Black English”, also known as “Ebonics” or “African American Vernacular English” (AAVE). In 1996, when the Oakland School Board proposed its resolution designating Ebonics as their students’ primary language, many Afri...
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Digital Archive @ GSU
2008
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| Online Access: | http://digitalarchive.gsu.edu/english_theses/43 http://digitalarchive.gsu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1042&context=english_theses |