Monday, September 11, 2006

Black English

After reading the essays on black english I have a different outlook on how "English" is being taught today. Before reading this, everytime I heard someone speaking, what is known as Black English, I considered it to be wrong. I now have more respect for what is considered Black English. I disagree with how America is constantly trying to change everything to only consisting of one thing, in this case White English. For example, it is mentioned that in India there are over thirty different languages and dialects being spoken. As for June Jordan's essay, I thought it was very emotional. I have heard of cases of black people being targeted by the police, but this one was obviously taken too far. I felt before that America has come along way with racism, but clearly hasn't come far enough.

1 comment:

K. Mahoney said...

Nice response...I'm curious what you mean by Jordan's essay being "emotional." What kind of emotions does she raise?