These Advocates Say Black English Belongs in Preschool Classrooms ^6.2%

KQED - By Daisy Nguyen - 7/6/2026, 11:00 AM

Anecdotal 17% - Post Hoc (False Cause) 16.6% - Negativity Bias 15.8%

Whether at home or at work as a policy strategist and university lecturer, Ashley Williams said she feels relaxed sliding between Black English and standard English. She didn’t feel comfortable communicating this way growing up in South Los Angeles. Williams said that when she was 3 or 4 years old, her grandmother would correct the way... more