Dialect in 1990s news

• Subject of a 1990s language controversy
• Controversial school subject
• Vernacular much debated in the 1990s
• Controversial talk
• Vernacular that came into prominence in 1996
• A nonstandard form of American English spoken by some American Black people

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Ebonics (a blend of the words ebony and phonics ) is a term that was originally intended to refer to the language of all people descended from enslaved Black Africans , particularly in West Africa , the Caribbean , and North America . Since the 1996 controversy ...

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"African-American vernacular English," 1975, as title of a book by U.S. professor R.L. Williams (b.1930); a blend of ebony and phonics .

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (alternative case form of Ebonics English)