What was the role of Black English in the classroom? In the playground?

2.(2 points)  For this question, you will need to find an African American interviewee, ideally one who is very familiar with (and at least sometimes uses) Black English.  Please don’t use a classmate as an interviewee.  I want you to ask questions such as the following as the interviewee reflects on his or her school experiences (you can include anything from grade school to high school):

 

i.What was the role of Black English in the classroom?  In the playground?

ii.Did any teacher or administrator take an official stance on how Black English should or should not be used?  If so, what?

iii.How did the role of Black English make the interviewee feel?

iv.Looking back, does the interviewee approve or disapprove of the way that Black English was treated?  Why?

v.What does the interviewee believe to be the correct treatment of Black English in today’s schools, and why