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PRESS CONFERENCE CONCERNING CONTROVERSY OVER BLACK ENGLISH OR EBONICS AS A LANGUAGE. 05:51:21 CU BLACK FOUNDER AND PRESIDENT OF THE BROTHERHOOD ORGANIZATION OF A NEW DESTINY JESSE PETERSON SPEAKING TO REPORTERS AND STATING THE PURPOSE OF THEIR ORGANIZATION AS REBUILDING A FAMILY BY REBUILDING A MAN. 05:51:49 PETERSON SAYS THIS IS A DARK DAY IN HISTORY, A DISGRACE TO BLACK AMERICANS ACROSS THE COUNTRY TO CALL EBONICS A LANGUAGE. IT IS IMPROPER SPEAKING. 05:52:21 PETERSON SAYS THAT ENGLISH MUST BE TAUGHT TO THE CHILDREN. SOCIAL PROGRAMS SHOULD BE TAKEN OUT OF THE SCHOOLS AND FOCUS SHOULD BE ON ACADEMICS. 05:52:50 PETERSON SPEAKS ABOUT BLACK LIBERAL POLITICIANS SUCH AS BARBARA BOUDREAUX AS BRAINWASHERS FOR THEIR OWN PERSONAL GAIN. 05:54:09 CU EZOLA FOSTER, AUTHOR, PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHER, AND PRESIDENT OF AMERICAN FOR FAMILY VALUES TALKING AS AN EDUCATOR ABOUT EBONICS AND BILINGUALISM. 05:55:12 FOSTER SAYS THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS BLACK ENGLISH AND THAT IT IS INSULTING. 05:55:59 FOSTER COMMENTS THAT DIALECTS ARE REGIONAL NOT RACIAL, SO BLACK ENGLISH OR EBONICS IS NOT A DIALECT. 05:56:36 FOSTER SPEAKS ABOUT THE REAL REASON BEHIND THE PRO EBONICS AS A LANGUAGE PEOPLE, THAT OF MONEY. 05:57:39 FOSTER BELIEVES IN PROMOTING AN AMERICAN CULTURE AND THE CESSATION OF TALKING ABOUT THE AFRICAN CULTURE OF THESE BLACK AMERICAN STUDENTS. 05:57:52 FOSTER STATES THAT WE MUST GET OUT OF THIS SOCIAL ENGINEERING AND JUST TEACH ALL AMERICAN STUDENTS AS ONE. 05:58:14 CU ROXANNE PETTEWAY, DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION POLICY FOR THE COALITION ON URBAN AFFAIRS AND MEMBER OF PROJECT 21, EMPHASIZING THAT SHE IS AN AMERICAN, NOT AN AFRICAN AMERICAN. 05:59:32 PETTEWAY SPEAKS ABOUT THE FUNDING OF EBONICS TEACHING PROGRAMS. 06:03:09 Q&A SESSION. 06:08:08 BREAK. 06:08:23 VS OFFICIALS AT LOS ANGELES SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD MEETING. 06:08:35 CU PRESIDENT JEFF HORTON. 06:08:54 CU SUPERINTENDENT SIDNEY A THOMPSON. 06:09:08 CU EMPTY SEAT FOR BOARD MEMBER BARBARA BOUDREAUX. 06:09:49 SLATE.