June Jordan Essay

After reading this story, written by June Jordan, I started thinking a lot. Basically everything said in there is true. Maybe back then that type of English might have been known as Black English, I have to say almost everybody uses that language now. For example, one page 150, example 11, in Standard English, it shows the example of “We had seen that movie.” but hardly anyone especially the youth and young adults talk that way. The example given and what I hear more often is “We seen that movie.” So I guess today “Black English” is society’s oral English, and “Standard English” is the written English. Also the story with Willie Jordan is sad, wrong, and happens more often than people think. The essay that Willie wrote reflects how he feels. He states in there the excuse that the police cited for killing his brother which is Reggie, the brother of Willie, attacked one of the officers and took his gun. Even if that was true, there is no need to shoot him eight times from point blank range. The doctor that did the autopsy said that 2 bullets were shot at his head, four into his back, and two into his leg.