Da Ebonics Controversy

In the 1996 Ebonics controversy in California, the most important problem that was affecting the whole community was the power and the use of government spending. During this difficult time, there were questions raised because of the idea of paying school teachers more money. This would only happen if the teachers would learn the history and aspects of Ebonics. As you would expect, parents of these school children were enraged that school teachers would get paid more just by attempting to learn Ebonics. They were furious because no one knew where this money would come from to fund this action. The money that would have to be paid to the teachers would have most likely been obtained by taxes. One might not know, but the part of California that is in the middle of the Ebonics controversy is relatively lower class and lower middle class. The reason that economics had to do with this controversy is because money is hard to come by in this area. Also, there was a big question, “why do teachers get paid more for just simply trying to speak Ebonics”? Because of all this facts and situations the parents of these children were mad, along with celebrities such as Bill Cosby. I believe that this is the most influential aspect in the whole Ebonics controversy. I believe this because in this particular California community money is a big problem. It is hard to get the money and there is not a large amount of it in the community. The idea of the poor paying more money to teachers is ridiculous, not only are they paying teachers better but also to others to as the taxes would be raised. In conclusion, the most important point to the Ebonics controversy was government funding because of the angry that is had persuaded and issue of money.