Black English

After reading both essay's I was very moved but them both. The one that June Jordan wrote really touched me because up to this point yes I realized that their was "Black English" but I never really thought about it. After reading the essay, I became more aware with how there is two different ways to speak english. It amazed me how in Jordan's essay the children read "The color Purple" and then came to class the next day and couldn't understand it when it was their own language that they were speaking, they just weren't putting two and two together I guess. It also really touched me that still to this point what Jordan wrote about is still going on in some places which breaks my heart. Both essays are very similar. They talk about the culture of "Black English" and how it affected someone's life and that its still going on today.