Being a black male, I understand why most blacks choose to speak ebonics, drop out of school, rob, sell drugs, etc...     By fitting in with the majority of other blacks (the gangsters), they have a group of people who they can be around without being ridiculed and shunned. They know that they will be shunned by whites regardless of whether they get an education and abide by federal laws. Therefore, rather than becoming a respectable black and being shunned by ALL races, they can have a group of people to be around that accepts them as their own.     Do you agree with this, or do you have other reasons? Feel free to post.    I took a risk by getting an education and not becoming a criminal. I had to become my own best friend because I knew that whites wouldn't want me around them and that blacks wouldn't want me around them either. Looking back, I'm glad that I went alone because if I had started hanging around with the wrong crowd I may very well have been imprisoned or killed by now.