A Holistic Approach to Learning:

African American Students Should Learn

Two Languages at School

"We're not here for glamour or Fashion

but here's the question I'm askin

why isn't young black kids taught BLACK"

They're only taught to read, write, and act

It's like teaching a dog to be a cat

You don't teach a DOG to be a cat

You don't teach WHITE kids to be BLACK

Why IS that"

Is it because we're the miNOrity""

KRS-1/ Boogie Down Productions "Why is That"" From Ghetto Music: The Blueprint of Hip Hop. Copyright 1989 Jive Records (BMG).

The Premise:

In 1996, the Oakland School District proposed the inclusion of what is known as "Ebonics" into its curriculum. Ebonics, or Black language, has been referred to in various ways over the years: "African American Vernacular English," "Pan-Afican Communication Behaviors," "African Language Systems," or "West and Niger-Congo African Language Systems...