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Challenges for Multicultural Education: Sociolinguistic Parallels Between African American English and Haitian Creole.
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Zephir, Flore – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 1999
Focuses on the issue of Black native languages in the educational system in the context of curricular reforms emanating from the multicultural education movement. Examines how multicultural education has dealt with the needs and concerns of African Americans and Haitians. Looks at well-publicized African American and Haitian educational events in…
Descriptors: Academic Failure, Black Dialects, Court Litigation, Elementary Secondary Education