Date: Wed, 8 Jan 1997 14:11:29 -0600

From: Greg Pulliam gpulliam[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]CHARLIE.CNS.IIT.EDU

Subject: Re: Popular Ebonics



Newsweek, Jan. 13th, has two pieces in the very end of the magazine.

There is also a blurb in the "Conventional Wisdom Watch" that appears on

page six:

Ebonics - Goofy debate's silver lining: dissing

"black English" no longer taboo.



So much for the articles on pp. 78-80.



Bill King

U. of Arizona



Is Newsweek being sarcastic here? Using "dissing" in this blurb? If not,

I'm completely stunned.



Gregory J. Pulliam

Illinois Institute of Technology

Lewis Department of Humanities

Chicago, IL 60616

gpulliam[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]charlie.cns.iit.edu