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Originally Posted by Baraka_Guru
If by Ebonics you mean the vernacular of various Black cultures, then yes.
Examples of Jamaican patois:
"Mi a-go lef today." --> "I am leaving today."
"Him is badda than dem." --> "He is worse than they are."
The thing with patois was it arose largely as an intentional simplification and undoing of the "proper" English of colonials. It's a dialect of subversion, which I'm assuming is the case for other varieties of Ebonics. But in the particular case of Jamaica, it's quite fascinating.
Maybe there is something more specific or a kind of Ebonics that you don't like?
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Interesting point Baraka. I suppose I think of Patois as dialect rather than as Ebonics, although one could argue that Ebonics is dialect. I do not like Ebonics for a couple of reasons:
1. I find it aurally displeasing (it grates on the ear)
2. It is associated with a particular culture I find abhorrent ("gangsta")
3. It really is bad English and intellectually lazy
But, since you mentioned poetry, for some reason, when it is used in this form, I rather like it. Spoken word for example. I also like Gwendolyn Brooks, though I'm not sure if those would be considered Ebonics.
Do you like Pidgin?