Federal agents are seeking to hire Ebonics translators to help interpret wiretapped conversations involving targets of undercover drug investigations. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get ...

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The U.S. government's recent call for Ebonics translators to serve a drug-enforcement region that includes South Florida renews a decades-old debate: What exactly is Ebonics, and should law ...

ATLANTA (CBS/AP) The Drug Enforcement Administration is looking to hire nine Ebonics translators in order to help interpret wiretapped conversations involving targets of undercover drug investigations ...

In what sounds like the setup for a comedy sketch, the Justice Department is seeking experts in "ebonics," or black English. According to The Smoking Gun, a Drug Enforcement Administration office in ...

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Talks are underway to possibly include Ebonics as a part of the curriculum in a California school district as a way to boost test scores among African-American students, reports MSNBC.com.

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