Date:  Mon, 3 Feb 1997 22:29:56 -0500
From:  "Bethany K. Dumas" <dumasb[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]UTK.EDU>
Subject: Students and "Ebonics"

I was delighted to learn today that some undergraduate students at the U
of TN are concerned about media bias and minisformation re ebonics. A
member of the Students' Speaker Bureau invited me to participate in a
panel discussion on the subject on 2/11. I am not free to be on the panel
at 7 p.m., but said that I would join later. I have been thinking about
ofering to give a presentation in Knoxville, and I have now decided to
offer to do one at the Knoxville Teachers' Center and also one on the
campus. What are others doing?

Bethany

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