If Black English isn’t a Language Summary
Is Black English a particular language? This is the issue which James Baldwin addresses in his 1979 article “Assuming If Black English Isn’t a Language, Tell Me, What Is?” Baldwin initially declares that the status or utilization of Black English is profoundly established in American history and rests in the job of language in the public eye. The manner in which a speaker uses and controls a language both “uncovers the speaker” and characterizes him. From the beginning of time, […]