Originally posted by Pelic
Linguistic research into AAVE has been going on since the 1920s or earlier, starting with widely respected Germanic philologists and American dialectologists.. You can ignorantly dismiss it if you want, but the research on the dialect is solid. AAVE is rule/constraint governed just like every other dialect - whether untrained lay people recognize it or not.

I agree she's an idiot - for every reason mentioned, except for the way she talks.
Dude this is insulting. This is Liberal Academia Elitism at its finest. I'm sure if I give an educational institution a sack full of money to research Goat shit. I'm sure they can come up with some startling facts, as well.