The Drug Enforcement Administration is seeking Ebonics translators to interpret wire-tapped conversations. Critics fear the move by a federal agency could set a precedent. But linguist John McWhorter ...

LITTLE ROCK — The man considered to be one of the fathers of black psychology - and the father of “ebonics” - was born in Arkansas. A blend of the words “ebony” and “phonics” to describe a type of ...

When the headlines appeared this week that the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) had issued a request to hire up to nine linguists proficient in Ebonics, it appeared it might be yet another cruel ...

The L. A. Unified school district's controversial “Ebonics” curriculum for black students has fared poorly in a preliminary evaluation, according to data obtained by the Weekly. Results 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 ...

Speak Ebonics? You may have a future at the Drug Enforcement Administration. Yes, academics and culture warriors may argue endlessly over the merits of "black English" as a subject to be taught or ...

Speak Ebonics? You may have a future at the Drug Enforcement Administration. Yes, academics and culture warriors may argue endlessly over the merits of “black English” as a subject to be taught or ...

At NPR’s news blog, Frank James snarks on the DEA’s request for linguists who specialize in Ebonics: Some stories make you doublecheck the date just to make sure it’s not April Fools Day. Such is an ...

THERE'S a predictable kerfuffle over the news that America's Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) is looking for people to translate wiretaps into English from, among other languages, Ebonics. The ...