Ebonics

Should Ebonics be recognized as a language in itself?  Personally I think of it as slang, not to be used if you want people to take you seriously at work/school.  There was some controversy over this in Oakland, and Bill Cosby(who perhaps shouldn't be throwing stones in his glass house) did a speech about it, the pound cake speech, condemning it.  Thoughts?

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