Black English

June Jordan's article on Black English was truly inspiring. To be truthful, I never really thought of "Black English" being correct. Not that I thought it was incorrect, I just never really viewed it as the same as how I speak. But after reading this article I defintely found that I have an appreciation for black english, which I never thought I did. As a musical theatre minor, i found it extremely interesting that Jordan used "The Color Purple" as the book to critique. The Musical takes Alice Walker's words and puts them into song. While listening to the song, I can understand what is being sung and the message that is trying to be conveyed, but when I tried to read the lyrics or in this case the excerpts from the book, i found it incredibly difficult to understand. This essay, not only helped me realize that others have a hard time accepting black english, but that I have a hard time as well. I also loved how Jordan incorporated the story of Willie in her article- giving the article two different sides. One side being completly geared towards the learning and teaching of black english, while the other gave concrete example of how the black race is still being treated unfairly in today's soceity. I always thought it really wasn't a problem anymore. I was wrong.