Now, no one can eat his cake, and have it, too, and it is late in the day to attempt to penalize black people for having created a language
Purpose: Public defense of Black English’s status and a critique of penalizing its speakers.
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www.nytimes.com www.nytimes.com
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drive.google.com drive.google.com
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Ourgoal is to support students in recognizing the value of their own languagepractices and to provide strategies that students can use to rethink theirown relationships with writing.
Purpose: Validate students’ language practices and equip them with strategies to use them in academic writing.
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pubs.lib.uiowa.edu pubs.lib.uiowa.edu
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Code meshing be everywhere. It be used by all types of people.
Purpose: Advocate for recognizing and teaching code meshing as legitimate, widespread practice.
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go.gale.com go.gale.com
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AAVE adds realism and humor to the story. The dialect also reflects Bambara's pride in her ethnic heritage.
Purpose: Analyze how AAVE functions aesthetically and politically in “The Lesson.”
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www.chronicle.com www.chronicle.com
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I understand the reasoning and sympathize to a degree — but ultimately reject those arguments.
The author aims to rebut anti-SAE arguments and advocate for requiring SAE mastery.
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