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Originally posted by mgdzkm433:
I hope this doesn't bother anyone, I'm a Delta Zeta but I often check the 'active topics today' thing so I can see what's going on. Anyway, I saw this thread and was interested. I hope that my asking questions doesn't offend anyone becuase I don't want to do anything, just call me ignorant to some things. Anyway, my question is, where did ebonics come from and why are they used? I grew up in a small rural town and none of the african american students (4) that attended my high school spoke this way. I had never really heard people talk this way till college, so I was just wondering. Thanks!
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That is a hard question. I would venture to guess that it started because our people were denied education for a long time and therefore most of them didn't speak the English language that is taught in textbooks. Apparently it has passed on from one generation to the next. In my opinion, some of us use it because we think of it as "ours".
If anyone else has a better explanation than mine, please share it.
