The Daily Mail reports: "Woke activists push for 'Black English' to be taught in Democrat state's preschools to combat 'harmful language hierarchies'." The article relates:
Supporters say teaching the dialect, also known as African American English (AAE) or African American Vernacular English (AAVE), will help 'combat harmful language hierarchies.'
The Black Californians United for Early Care & Education group is part of a movement advocating for Black English to be recognized as a legitimate, rule-based language in preschool classrooms on par with other languages.
I'm reminded of that famous scene from Airplane where the crew is trying to find someone that can speak Jive (starts at the 55 second mark).
VIDEO: "I Speak Jive - Airplane! (5/10) Movie CLIP (1980) HD"
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I'm sure that the reason for this push for African American English is to force the replacement of white teachers with black teachers without expressly wording it that way. But the consequences could be devastating for black children who will be at a disadvantage in speaking and communication in the larger world. You might cast your mind back to George Bernard Shaw's play, Pygmalion, or its musical adaptation, My Fair Lady, in which the Eliza Doolittle character seeks the help of Henry Higgins, a linguist and phonetician, to teach her to speak better in order to open more opportunities and advance her socioeconomic status--without which she would have been doomed to a life selling flowers (and who knows what else) on street corners.