What do you as a black English teacher think of this?

And part of the debate is over what gave rise to black English in the first place.

For years, the man has been the president, perhaps associated with main man, from black English.

"In a sense, black English is elevated when its incorporated into the wider culture," he said.

Unlike standard bilingual programs, courses would not be taught in black English.

And black English, a language traditionally spoken, not written, was becoming increasingly popular among young people.

One response was to try to work with alternative, non-standard language, as in the debate over black English.

But you speak black English, she was told.

It is where we sit most often, around a large center table, having black English tea, her favorite, or tequila, which she loves.

He should get the country to stop debating the merits of black English and start talking about how to make public schools in inner-cities better.

For starters, let's call it black English instead of ebonics.

Baldwin's notion of using black English to encode messages seems almost romantic now.

The author says students who speak black English tend to have basic misconceptions in dealing with size comparisons.

"I affect black English when I want to," she replied.

Walking to his workbench, he picked up a pair of black English riding boots that needed new heels.

But most Americans, black, white or other, don't have to learn to appreciate black English.

It was a grey and black English worsted with a finely cut boxed coat.

He said, "They're not trying to teach Black English as a standard language.

One asked if it was not racism when someone "comes over and says 'hey, brother, what's up,' using what he thinks is black English?' "

Today there are people who advocate the use of so-called black English, ebonics, in the classroom.

"You want to speak black English, fine.

He also allowed that "if I'm elected mayor, my inaugural address will not be delivered in broken black English."

I was on a recent talk show, where the host referred to speakers of Black English as illiterate thugs.

It blames several former governors for rejecting bills that declared so-called "black English" a distinct language.

Currently, it is estimated that the number of black English or Creole is around 32,000 people.