Black English

June Jordan's essay was truly amazing. She wrote about things that I had never thought to be true. I realize there are many forms of English that thirty three countries use today, but I had never truly realized that there was something called "Black English." When I had heard Black English before, I always thought it to be incorrect. After reading this essay I now understand the complexities of this language. I also liked how Jordan incorporated Willie Jordan and his life story. The essay was not just about language and how it differs, but about the way life really was, and still is.
As for the second essay, by Lisa Delpit, I felt that it opened up a lot of controversy on the teaching of black and white students. It explained throughout how white and black children had such different ways of learning, and that although both races seem to learn, white children seem to speed by and understand things more. Towards the end of the essay it began to explain why - black children were never taught the skills of writing, because people never understood that it wasn't just the literacy they needed to learn. White children, taught whether in school or at home, learned the skills of writing and how to put a sentence together at a very early age. Black children, however, were only ever taught the literacy, and barely ever taught at home. I agree with this essay in saying that the program has a lot to work on so that the teachings can be fair.