as a term that refers to what is normally regarded as a variety of english either iv as a term that is the antonym of black english and is considered to be a language other than english and thus a rejection of the notion of african american vernacular english but nevertheless a term for what others term aave viewed as an independent language and not a mere ethnolect now i should make it clear here that whereas the first sentence of view number ii that baugh attributes to blackshire belay is indeed an afrocentric view on ebonics i e it refer s to the languages of the african diaspora as a whole