Rachel L. Jones believes that there is a problem with children continuing their path while using Ebonics or Vernacular. She expresses her opinion in an article called What’s Wrong with Black English. But a linguist named William Labov, had once said “’It is the goal of most black Americans to acquire full control of the standard language without givin gup their own culture.’” (Jones 349.) Jones had gone to a school were “talking white” as they called it, was not acceptable by the other students. Jones had proved that when she talks “white” that it really has an impact on her life. She was cornered by what she called the class bully and the sidekick, the bully belittled Jones and how she spoke Standard English. There were times in her life that
