An amazing read, i was totally unaware that the concept of "Students rights to there own language even existed. Geneva Smitherman being an educated black woman and sharing her story of transition has certainly opened my eyes to even some bias that i had about what would be classified as black language. Ebonics is what we called it and to be honest her natural dialect was just considered a sound of an uneducated person. Wow how wrong that perception was.
It amazes me that the Racism in our educational structure is so blatant but yet accepted as the Nor, as she stated she did not know she was expected to speak differently until after her degree was acquired and in order to teach she was expected to speak the way they wanted her too. Al tho mind you she was qualified to do the job.
Her challenge became her triumph and that is good to see. Her effort to make a difference and bring about a change has proven successful, i am certain that though challenges still remain, What she has done with the forming of groups to support Dialects of different cultures and the freedom to communicate in learning situations and be accepted and not forced to change. Established a level of confidence that may have not been attained otherwise in students.
So glad you gave me this article to read..Thanks
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