I should note though, that Ebonics was coined by black linguists in a self-determining attempt to move away from the negative connotations of the term, vernacular. In short, I think that most Americans are afraid of a Black nation language. Summer Payne, a student in one of my classes broke it down mathematically. In my mind, language is the best indication of who we are. The way we speak and write exemplify the ways that we think and feel.
Language constitutes our realities.
If , in America, there is only one correct way of speaking ourselves then this diverse melting pot is a shameless facade. If we truly respect cultural diversity then there should be no such thing as speaking or writing correctly . Correctness is the death of style and variation in speech and writing.