Nobody Mean More To Me Summary
In, “Nobody Mean More to Me than You and the Future Life of Willie Jordan”, June Jordan discusses the language of blacks In America, referred to as “Black English”. Using “Black English” as an example, Jordan is able to highlight the subjugation and disregarding of this minority group within the United States. She believes that blacks in America are considered inferior. Using her time with her college class, Jordan, utilizes a topic of great importance to her students to endorse cognizance to the issue.
In the opening paragraph of the essay, Jordan says, “But then we approach our maturity inside a larger social body that will not support our efforts to become anything other than the clones of those who are neither our mothers nor our fathers.” …show more content…
This calamity was not receiving awareness and the officers in question were not reproved. Relating to fellow peers, as well as June Jordan, the students decide to take action. They begin to connect Black English with racism.
The students protest in a letter, using Black English. This is their way of fighting for a greater cause of equality in life and language. One line from the essay says, “As we learn our way around this environment, either we hide our original habits, or we completely surrender our own voice, hoping to please those who will never respect anyone different from themselves:” Instead the students choose to stay true to what they were raised to know rather than conform to “white” or Standard English. It relates not only to the situation of the murder, but how the students identify one another and themselves.
In order for the students to be perceived, they knew that White English would need to be used as it established aptitude. So by saying, that this “English” is the only proper English, you are rejecting all others, and all races. I’ve come to an agreement, with Jordan that one accepted form of English rejects the races as well, but it is the norm. To learn and focus on Black English would be denying the students their chances of being taken seriously as it is the only accepted language. Overall, if Black English were to be accepted, it would be the turning
In the opening paragraph of the essay, Jordan says, “But then we approach our maturity inside a larger social body that will not support our efforts to become anything other than the clones of those who are neither our mothers nor our fathers.” …show more content…
This calamity was not receiving awareness and the officers in question were not reproved. Relating to fellow peers, as well as June Jordan, the students decide to take action. They begin to connect Black English with racism.
The students protest in a letter, using Black English. This is their way of fighting for a greater cause of equality in life and language. One line from the essay says, “As we learn our way around this environment, either we hide our original habits, or we completely surrender our own voice, hoping to please those who will never respect anyone different from themselves:” Instead the students choose to stay true to what they were raised to know rather than conform to “white” or Standard English. It relates not only to the situation of the murder, but how the students identify one another and themselves.
In order for the students to be perceived, they knew that White English would need to be used as it established aptitude. So by saying, that this “English” is the only proper English, you are rejecting all others, and all races. I’ve come to an agreement, with Jordan that one accepted form of English rejects the races as well, but it is the norm. To learn and focus on Black English would be denying the students their chances of being taken seriously as it is the only accepted language. Overall, if Black English were to be accepted, it would be the turning