Ebonics Influence On Middle Class

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I went to a predominately black school for middle school. Where ebonics ruled over the “white people talk” or what society calls english. My entire life, inside the classroom and out I spoke ebonics. It was my native dialect. I was also under the impression that everyone in the world spoke in such vernacular. It was not until I enrolled in a private boarding school in rural Pennsylvania where I discovered that my original hypothesis was incorrect. One day in 9th grade I forgot to bring my textbook to class. I raised my hand and told my teacher “I done forgot my book at da crib, I finna go back and grab that jawn.” The teacher squinted at me in anguish as if hearing my way of talk brought pain to her. “Pardon me?” she replied. I pointed to a

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