Comic Strip: A Time and Place for Everything
Anti Black Language comic 1 and 2
These comics, both printed a little over 30 years ago show the intense backlash Ebonics received as it was being researched and attempted to earn validity. The first equates ebonics to the similar-sounding Bubonic plague, saying one was the death of people while the other is the death of an english. Essentially saying the Ebonics is destroying English. The second comic portrays the same message a bit differently. By comparing Ebonics to a time machine, it's saying that it is a vastly regressed and unsophisticated form of standard english that won't get anyone anywhere. (Found on redit)
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