This part of the website offers you resources, readings, and viewings that will support deeper understandings of Black Language.
Before you begin a deeper study of Black Language (called BL after this), start with a basic linguistic knowledge.
BL has been called many things throughout historical study: African American Vernacular English (AAVE), African American English, Black English, and Ebonics are just a few of these titles. We say BLACK LANGUAGE here on this website because we are talking about a politics and practice much bigger than a dialect. We are also taking a stance that locates brilliance, resilience, and innovation in the Black bodies that invent Black Language. In other words, we ain't scared of Blackness and its body politics. We embrace it. The links that we share below will offer you a basic understanding of BL. Dr. McMurtry's discussion in our first, September 2020 issue of the Black Language Magazine is also a good place to start. As you engage the linguistic study that we have outlined below, we'd like you to think about two things as you read, study, listen, and learn:
Introductory Readings in Linguistics Scholarship
(click on weblinked phrases below) "African American English through the Years" (Watch the lecture by Dr. Lisa Green below)
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For now, we are working on four aspects for your Black Language study here at this website: Black Language Education, Black Language in Young Adult Literature, Black Language in Hip Hop, and Black Language as Rhetoric. Some of Our Favorite BOOKS
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To reference this page:
Kynard, Carmen. "Black Linguistic Education." Black Language Syllabus, 30 Jan. 2021, http://www.blacklanguagesyllabus.com/black-language-homework.html
Kynard, Carmen. "Black Linguistic Education." Black Language Syllabus, 30 Jan. 2021, http://www.blacklanguagesyllabus.com/black-language-homework.html