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Dillard, Mary L. – 1986
Renewed interest in the connection between black English and reading difficulty warrants a summary of the groundwork laid in the 1960s and 1970s. Linguists have established the fact that black English is a legitimate language, that its speakers are not language deficient, and that the basic difference in black and standard English pertains to…
Descriptors: Black Dialects, Black Education, Black Family, Black Influences
