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Okay, let me again repeat what I am trying to convey, and apparently not doing such a great job.
1. AAVE is a linguistically recognized dialect. This is not my opinion, it is supported by the field of linguistics, most notably by the African American scholar John Rickford. I had asked before that if there was a contrary view in the linguistic field I would like it sourced for my own education. I have sourced my information, and expect the same courtesy instead of simply being flamed.
2. My son is not "picking this up from his peer group" (his peers are only 2 years old and can barely speak themselves for heavens sake), but he is learning it from hearing the day care staff speak.
3. I am not trying to teach my son AAVE to fit in; I haven't a clue as to how to speak it, even if I wanted to. My research simply points out that there is abundant evidence that indicates when AAVE is accepted as a parallel dialect to compare with standard English, children overwhelmingly learn standard English better and faster. In other words, shame based teaching isn't such a great way to teach (what a suprise.) I know my son is going to speak standard English because he lives with me. I just don't happen to think its a crime if he learns AAV along the way, and that there are probably some advantages to it. If he learns/uses it fine. If he doesn't, fine. The only reason I brought it up is because the options I have are: a)correct him when he does it, b) don't correct him, c) pull him out of the day care he is in and put him in one where he is exposed to standard English only.
So again, if you don't have sources then we will simply have to agree to disagree.
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