One of the hardest things for a black linguist is getting across, once and for all, something that the public never quite seems to get: Black English is not bad English. Over the years, people have ...

John McWhorter is a regular contributor to The Root. The use of the word "up" is just one example of the complexity of Black English — and how there are right and wrong ways to use it. One of the ...

America’s unreflective dismissal of Ebonics is rather fascinating, not because many see it as a “lesser” form of English, but rather because society fails, for the most part, to dip its feet into the ...

YORK HARBOR — The Issues Forum of St. George's Episcopal Church kicked off its spring semester series last Sunday with a talk on Ebonics by University of New Hampshire associate professor of ...