C ay n 0" 0 Blac English
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,-' __ -.c"''_ education and cultural ex­
po by requiring the
students to udy bout
other soci tie .
The simple fact though
is that Bl children
already kno Blac Eng-
lish. lt J a languag form
that is learned from birth.
e ould to believe
that - hat me folk e
in supporting the Blac
English dri i to facilit t
better communication be-
t een the te cher and tu-
dent.
0, U.s. District
Chari . Joiner .
ed to order th
n rb r hool sy em to
require Blac English
ndard learning tool.
T 0 yea go, II
c children ho attend-
artin Lu r ing
r High Sch I ued
e local Board of Edu -
ti n in n ttempt to force
it to impo Blac English
on the system.
They claimed that the
sy tern viol ted their civil
. ts by fair to e
ppropriate action to h lp
them overco their Ian-
gu e barrier.
The ry ide that
B children will be fur­
ther handicapped by any
im�d requirement to
learn their- "three R's'
they de per tely
need to compete in a
highly developed . ty,
cri for r undin pro- Ai I they uld
test . t the Bla Eng- ha the benefit of a
Iish dri . cond �e. And the
The effort to require study of S ahili ould
En� _ _ _ public certainly .. ' br
But th burden of
de eloping ppropriate com-
munication means ould
not be at the expen of
the young,' who ouId be
rendered incap bl of com-
muni ting properly
adults in standard English
But, t the the language of th market-
expe of BI c children? p ceo .
t about the perma- .
nent damage that Blac Th y must be prepared
English will inflict on gen- and 'educated to function
erations . of minority chil- in society in which proper,
dren ho ill be unable to written nd spoken nglish
complete in this highly is the measure of bility,
technical and complex h ther in filling out job
. ely?· application form or passing
'Better for them to, increasingly required high
learn S ahili than at tern t: school te t .
to elevate particular The responsibility for
cultural dialect or commu- de loping this comrnunica­
nieation form to standud tion flexibility, therefore,
Enllish. 0 d be on the paid
prof; ·onai, the te cher, to
enter the cia oom better
prepared to deal with the
cultural difference and.
b ckground of their stu­
den.
hool is n nd cri
th t ould be condemned
in no uncertain language.
o doubt, me of the
B c nglish promoters
will m e bundles of money
from boo and the devel­
opm nt of te ching m ter-
i . They, ho are already
U edu ted and bl to
communicate in the b . c
idiom of society, can also
(ford to vent their' egoti -
tical dri for esoteric
sounding idea and re arch
project that are m ant to
benefit no one el but
themsel e .
So, hil e are
trongly oppo d to Black
English being institutionali­
zed, no problem
in developing nece ry
ela room flexibility to im­
pro e communication be­
tween te r and tudent.
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a house or apartment in the City of Benton Harbor, then
YO
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AND RESPONSIBILITIES
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a d cent de
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cording to th
th City of B
lling tha
pair d ac
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nton Har or.
Once it is fixed, you hay a
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Your landlord ha a responsibility to register his rental property
with the city, so that the city in ectors fCln in eet it and that
the property is fixed and repaired ccording to the city codes. He
has a right to your cooperation in keeping the place fixed and
repaired.
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ONLY THE CITY I PECTIO DEPART E T CA DETER-
INE IF THE PROPERTY YOU RENT IS FIXED ACCORDI G
TO THE CODES. TO HAVE YOUR HO E OR APART E T
I SPECTED, SO THAT THE EEDED REPAIRS C� BE ADE:
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City Insp ction Dept. of
City Hall
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IF THE INSPECTION DEPART ENT HAS NOT YET CHECK­
ED YOUR HOUSE OR APARTMENT, THEN IT IS POSSIBLE
THAT YOUR LANDLORD HAS NOT REGISTERED. CALL
CITY HALL AND MAKE A APPOINT E T FOR THE
INSPECTORS TO CHECK OUT YOUR HOME. YOUR FAMILY
. DESERVES THE FULL PROTECTION OF THE CITY'S LAWS.
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