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Why the Gentrification of Ebonics is a Problem

Ebonics , otherwise known as 'British Black English' or 'African American Vernacular English' is a deviation of the standard English dialect and has come to be considered a language of its own rather than just a dialect. Ebonics is commonly considered to have originated in England following the integration of the Windrush generation: workers arriving in the UK between 1948 and 1971 from Caribbean allies of Britain, brought over to aid UK labor shortages. Having to adjust to the English language so quickly, led the Windrush communities to develop their own usage of the english language and therefore Britsh Black English was born. Where can we see ebonics used today? In western media, ebonics has been commonplace in almost every form of Black derived creation for many years, for example music genres like Hip Hop, Jazz, R&B or Rap often used the smoother flowing tonality of ebonics to creating smoother sounding or more easily rhyming songs. Ebonics has also been eve...