Perhaps I've become too utopic...

1. Does the dominant bloc (essentially white America) have a responsibility to speakers of Black English Vernacular to create educational bridges to Standard American English? Why or why not?

Yes, I feel we do have an incumbent responsibility to develop, at the very least, a transitional system; not to assimilate Blacks into the dominant bloc linguistic culture, but rather to encourage connection and function between it and the culture that employs Black English Vernacular. I think this accomodates what Raymond is talking about with the necessity to use dominant Standard American English, but gives appropriate reference to why the distinction is important.

2. Should all speakers of Standard American English study Black English Vernacular in school? Why or why not?

While the idealistic part of me would argue "yes" for the plethora of benefits I could see being had by doing so, the pragmatic part of me is aware of the problems with the implementation of this - I can almost envision, sadly, a scenario playing out similar to the previous century's attempts at integration; everyone up in arms, and fighting to maintain a status quo, under the false pretense that this change would result in the degradation of their society.