1. I definitely think that anyone in school who makes an effort to learn should have some resources to give them extra help. If their is a school with a large ratio of people who speak Black English they should certainly have some "bridge help" but no, I do not think it is the responsibility of everyone else to make it happen. Someone can come from another country and not have a "bridge class" readily available for their aid, but they should have access to some kind of tutoring or help.
2. Hell no. What good does it do for individuals to study what is beneath their intelligence? Frankly, I think the varieties of the English language have only gone down hill. Call them stuffy, but the British sound a thousand times better when they open their mouths than the majority of Americans, and that is where "English" came from. What will I ever use Black English for??? I can understand it adequately when I hear it but their is no feasible purpose for me to actually study it in school, except in a sociology class or something. I really don't look at it as part of a culture, at least not a cultural element anyone should be proud of. If they want to speak an African language, great, I respect that. But to study black english would be to move backwards upon everything we were taught from grades 1-12 and in college. Hell, why isn't there a class to teach us British English? That would certainly be a bridge for me.
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I agree about having british english be a bridge for many of us. It is still english yet very different and sometimes confusing to the American speaker. But the question then comes into play about how many classes are necesary to bring everyone in America up to the same standard yet still accept thier differences, even if that includes them taking seperate english classes?
Should we cut ESOL classes, too?
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