41. Black English is a very precise language.42. Oakland school district officials continue to argue that they never intended to teach black English in schools. 43. "Black English isn't bad; it's just different. 44. If you are black and speak only black English , you are likely to be patronized or stigmatized. 45. They insist they are not trying to teach Black English , nor are they conducting classes in it. 46. Painter Jean Michel Basquiat gave visual form to the carefully coded, rhythmically complex language known as black English . 47. And they examine the country's social construct that likely has contributed to the continued existence of black English . 48. Some black leaders fear that the teaching of black English will lower academic standards and demean African Americans. 49. If there is a Black English , why not something more eloquent _ say, the poetry of Maya Angelou? 50. Some of the essays are in standard English; some are in black English ; some bounce back and forth.
