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Richard Marback. Ebonics: Theorizing in Public Our Attitudes toward Literacy.

Marback, Richard. "Ebonics: Theorizing in Public Our Attitudes toward Literacy." CCC. 53.1 (2001): 11-32.

Abstract:

I argue that our responses to the Oakland ebonics resolution miss what made the resolution so significant while also making debate about it so intractable. I propose that compositionists who acknowledge attitudes that made the resolution so significant can productively engage the larger public regarding literacy education in a racially divided democracy.

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