When the Oakland School Board Wanted to Establish Instruction in Ebonics

question 2

Multiple Choice

When the Oakland School board wanted to establish instruction in Ebonics, in addition to English, they cited research arguing that Ebonics was a

• A)creole, descended from ancestral African languages.
• B)pidgin, developed in West Africa during slavery.
• C)pig Latin, used in the Comoro Islands by children.
• D)dialect, with high prestige in Chicago and Oakland.

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