Maybe it took you a couple seconds to decipher the title of this post.  The point is that most recognized "Pig Latin", and interposed the letters correctly to arrive at "Speak Properly."  [Shh, don't reveal to your children the secret of Pig Latin.]  I remember, as a kid, my parents (as well as teachers) constantly correcting my pronunciation, or my use of the preposition - among other grammatical errors.  I have striven to teach my children to speak in a way which is not only comprehensible by any audience, but also conveys the subject in an intelligent way.  Even today, as teens, I make them speak clearly to me, without the use of slang, to ensure that they keep in mind the audience when speaking.

It doesn't matter to me how a person speaks at home, but the purpose of communication is that others can understand.   In a public setting, the common language should be used. 

When I was in the Service, I had to learn Spanish.  When I had to communicate with locals, although somewhat butchered, I spoke the language as best as I could.  Within a fairly short time, I became fluent enough that they understood me well.  Even when I met someone who spoke English, I spoke Spanish - after all, it is their common language (except in cases where they wanted to practice English on me).  What I'm saying here is that I was smart enough to learn to speak Spanish in the circumstances which required it.  Likewise, Ebonics speakers are smart enough to speak American English.   To pass laws, or make mandatory in public classrooms, the teaching of subjects in both American English and Ebonics implies that Ebonics speakers are somehow less intelligent and incapable of learning American English.  Of course, this is just not true.  You know it, and I know it.  

But what's been happening is that non-common languages/dialects are imposed upon the common.  In our case, American English is the common language, and in fact (despite Congress' inability to make an Amendment which declares it) actually is the language of the land - as attested by the myriad of official documents, including the Constitution, which have been written in this language over the past two centuries.  Empowering this minority language by promulgating it in public settings does not help the case for Blacks (who are the primary speakers of the Ebonics language.)   It slows down their societal advancement, and hinders their economic standing.  The same can be said of Spanish speakers in the United States.  If one can not see how this occurs, I'm shocked, honestly. 

I just don't understand how Black advocate groups can possibly think that this somehow helps the social condition of many Black people.  It is most certainly detrimental, and becomes a self-segregating obstacle.  If my German ancestors were catered to in the same way, they would have never assimilated into the American culture as they did; they would have remained segregated, and would not have prospered nearly as well. 

Personally, I feel as though the advocation of minority languages becomes an unecessary expense to society as a whole, and segregates minority segments in society.  If only we could all just be "Americans."  E Pluribus Unum - Out of Many, One.