McWhorter makes many interesting arguments about ebonics or black english one beinmg whether or not black english is just slang. He points out that even white americans have slang such the famous quote "whatever" or "as if" from clueless a popular movie in the 90's. He notes that blacks also have slang such as "crib" or "heezee" for house. His point is that "slang to language is like clothes to people, like fashion, slang changes all the time", so if black english is slang, and slang changes, then obvioulsy it is not a language because languages don't change decade to decade like slang does. He further explains that there are even different variations in slang depending on location therefore it is not one common language, it changes from city to city.