KUKU

KU ScholarWorks

  • myKU
  • Email
  • Enroll & Pay
  • KU Directory
    • Login
    View Item 
    •   KU ScholarWorks
    • Sociology
    • Social Thought and Research
    • Kansas Journal of Sociology, Volume 09, Number 2 (FALL, 1973)
    • View Item
    •   KU ScholarWorks
    • Sociology
    • Social Thought and Research
    • Kansas Journal of Sociology, Volume 09, Number 2 (FALL, 1973)
    • View Item
    JavaScript is disabled for your browser. Some features of this site may not work without it.

    BLACK ENGLISH AND THE AMERICAN VALUE SYSTEM

    Thumbnail
    View/Open
    KJV9N2A9.pdf (937.8Kb)
    Issue Date
    1973-10-01
    Author
    Drake, Glendon F.
    Publisher
    Department of Sociology, University of Kansas
    Type
    Article
    Rights
    Copyright (c) Social Thought and Research. For rights questions please contact Editor, Department of Sociology, Social Thought and Research, Fraser Hall, 1415 Jayhawk Blvd, Lawrence, KS 66045.
    Metadata
    Show full item record
    Abstract
    The strategy of enlightened bi-dialectalism used by the schools in the United States to deal with the problem of Black English is a significant attempt at social engineering. This attempt is motivated by basic linguistic attitudes which reflect the American value system. Bi-dialectalism is a melting-pot theory of American culture, an attempt to implement the American Dream of social mobility for all. This value operates in concert with the school's prescriptive linguistic attitude, through a co-optive strategy, against a pluralistic ethic. Bi-dialectalists err not in supposing code-switching is feasible, but in supposing that the school is the primary and proper agency for implementing code-switching. The failure of twentieth-century relativism to penetrate the school's value system so far as "English" is concerned has frozen the school in the nineteenth century in terms of linguistic attitudes.
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/1808/4779
    DOI
    https://doi.org/10.17161/STR.1808.4779
    Collections
    • Kansas Journal of Sociology, Volume 09, Number 2 (FALL, 1973) [11]
    Citation
    Kansas Journal of Sociology, Volume 9, Number 2 (FALL, 1973), pp. 217-227 http://dx.doi.org/10.17161/STR.1808.4779

    Items in KU ScholarWorks are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated.


    We want to hear from you! Please share your stories about how Open Access to this item benefits YOU.


    Contact KU ScholarWorks
    785-864-8983
    KU Libraries
    1425 Jayhawk Blvd
    Lawrence, KS 66045
    785-864-8983

    KU Libraries
    1425 Jayhawk Blvd
    Lawrence, KS 66045
    Image Credits
     

     

    Browse

    All of KU ScholarWorksCommunities & CollectionsThis Collection

    My Account

    LoginRegister

    Statistics

    View Usage Statistics

    Contact KU ScholarWorks
    785-864-8983
    KU Libraries
    1425 Jayhawk Blvd
    Lawrence, KS 66045
    785-864-8983

    KU Libraries
    1425 Jayhawk Blvd
    Lawrence, KS 66045
    Image Credits
     

     

    The University of Kansas
      Contact KU ScholarWorks
    Lawrence, KS | Maps
     
    • Academics
    • Admission
    • Alumni
    • Athletics
    • Campuses
    • Giving
    • Jobs

    The University of Kansas prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, ethnicity, religion, sex, national origin, age, ancestry, disability, status as a veteran, sexual orientation, marital status, parental status, gender identity, gender expression and genetic information in the University’s programs and activities. The following person has been designated to handle inquiries regarding the non-discrimination policies: Director of the Office of Institutional Opportunity and Access, IOA@ku.edu, 1246 W. Campus Road, Room 153A, Lawrence, KS, 66045, (785)864-6414, 711 TTY.

     Contact KU
    Lawrence, KS | Maps