In Design, Ecology, Ethics, and the Making of Things, Bill McDonough contends: “In this complicated world, prior modes of domination have essentially lost their ability to maintain control….The industrial idiom of design, failing to honor the principles of nature, can only violate them, producing waste and harm, regardless of purposed intention”. I thought this statement [...]
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Ebonics, African-American English, or broken English/slang, what is it?
Posted in language, tagged African American English, curriculum, Ebonics, language, standard English on June 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
With respect to the African-American English controversy, many African-Americans and Whites see this dialect as an impediment to economic success in American society; some call it “broken English”; others claim that it is a language deficit to learning “standard” English; and others see it as slang or a form of African-American slave talk.
On the contrary, [...]
