Black English Conclusions
To the majority of the people we gave this survey to, a lot of them said it sounded like jibberish, but that at certain points it was understandable. They explained that the speaker talks fast, but for the most part are able to catch on to what they are saying. They didn t think that Ebonics should be accepted in today s society to the point that our leaders would be using it when making a speech to the nation. However they said in normal everyday talk, that Ebonics/slang is often accepted and used in many different ways.
Many of the people didn t feel that is should be labeled as its own language. They just stated that different states in the United States have an accent, and this happen to be the black southerners accent. Such as Massachusetts, they drop their r s in practically everything they say, yet that is not referred to as another language only as an accent. Therefore with this in mind, people did not feel that Black English or Ebonics needed to be taught in school as a separate class. Their feeling is that the schools can teach it, but rather than having to take a whole course on it, they should just have a week or two discussion on it.
Our conclusion is that Black English is obviously different from today s English, but it is not so different that it needs to be labeled by itself. Why should just another form of English be different from what we are accustomed to hearing.
