There are many languages around the world, don't exactly know the number. One thing for sure is that the languages were created for the same reasons. Communication, expressions, thoughts... languages are the gates to let out what we think and want to say. Hold up! Are all languages the same, as in which one is more powerful?
In our American society, English is believed to be the most powerful language. Not Black English, Spanglish, or British English, I am talking about white English. They over power our society, supposedly their ideas are more powerful than others. Also, what they say goes. If a Mexican tries to talk about immigration and what they believe, they can be automatically send back to Mexico without even trying to be understood by the white people. African Americans have their black English, and as James Baldwin had stated in "If Black English isn't a language, then tell me, what is?" he said "He cannot afford to understand it..." In other words, whites cannot and won't be able to understand Black English. Could it be because the language has more meaning than in ordinary English because of their experience?
There are limits to what we are able to say in society, and if we surpass the limit, we can either get arrested, threatened, or even worse death. Language is very powerful and we must know how to control it and know our limits.
- Melissa Machuca
In our American society, English is believed to be the most powerful language. Not Black English, Spanglish, or British English, I am talking about white English. They over power our society, supposedly their ideas are more powerful than others. Also, what they say goes. If a Mexican tries to talk about immigration and what they believe, they can be automatically send back to Mexico without even trying to be understood by the white people. African Americans have their black English, and as James Baldwin had stated in "If Black English isn't a language, then tell me, what is?" he said "He cannot afford to understand it..." In other words, whites cannot and won't be able to understand Black English. Could it be because the language has more meaning than in ordinary English because of their experience?
There are limits to what we are able to say in society, and if we surpass the limit, we can either get arrested, threatened, or even worse death. Language is very powerful and we must know how to control it and know our limits.
- Melissa Machuca
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