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Long before the December 18, 1996 unanimous vote by the Oakland, California, school board to recognize Ebonics as the primary language of its African-American students, and the controversy continues. Is Ebonics a language, dialect, slang or what? Many people characterize Ebonics as slang, argue that if it is taught, we are teaching our children improper English. Others argue that Ebonics is a way to communicate, therefore it is a language. Ebonics is a "language" that is a combination of "proper English" and a combination of African languages. Because of this combination a pattern was formed on how certain words are said, such as this and that, would be pronounced dis and dat. In all wor