While reading June Jordan's essay I realized that the message she's conveying to her audience is throughout her life standard's of "language" have been molded by the white race to conform others into a certain style of communication and writing. Jordan does not know why white standards of English remain "supreme and unquestioned by groups of minorities" but none the less we do control others. She decides after seening this trend amongst society that she will start a new english course that will explore an new version of the English language called "black" english. Her class was not widely accepted among people outside her class, but the students within her class benifited greatly. Her students began to make various rules and regulations for the language to be used properly in the world. After the rules were made her students began to write all types of essays using black english.
I thought that Jordan wrote this essay solely to question the authorities of "standard" english.
In a way this argument makes sence, I mean I don't know who though all the standards for writing and language. Was it our teachers, the govement, or random people? All i know is from day one Educators have constantly stressed the use of "proper" english, but Jordan points out the simple question of what makes "proper" english and why?
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