Been Quote by John McWhorter

Black English is simpler than standard English in some ways; for example, it often gets by with just 'be' and drops 'am,' 'is,' and…

— John McWhorter

Part of what our problem as blacks in America is that we don't claim that. Partly, you see, because of the linguistic environment in…

— August Wilson

It would be good if teachers could genuinely understand that black English is not mistakes, it's just different English, and that what you want…

— John McWhorter

We have a tendency in this country that when we say Black it automatically means Black Americans. But that's a big mistake, and that…

— Irene Cara

However, research in the years that followed found that in many of its important features, African American Vernacular English was becoming not less, but…

— William Labov

At our peril, we ignore the fact that black vernacular, like the blues, both has a form and performs... For just as there would…

— Kevin Young

I am black, so with my writing and my voice, you get that kind of dialect.

— Steven Caple Jr

I don't use the term "black" very often. I use the term African-American more than I use "black".

— Rick Santorum

This African American Vernacular English shares most of its grammar and vocabulary with other dialects of English. But it is distinct in many ways,…

— William Labov

The thing about being black and having a different accent, in the beginning, is that it makes you foreign.

— C. C. H. Pounder

A lot of times, we talk about black people as if being black is all they are. They get up, go to work... and…

— Margot Lee Shetterly

I think our biggest problem is lack of real, honest communication between black men and black women. A lot of men talk amongst men,…

— Hill Harper