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On Call: Political Essays "Nobody Mean More to Me Than You And the Future Life of Willie Jordan." June Jordan writes about the different ways that English is spoken around the world. She specifically talks about "Black English" (pg. 123) and how its spoken in different countries. In her essay, " Nobody Mean More to Me Than You And the Future Life of Willie Jordan" Jordan talks about how "Black English is not exactly a linguistic buffalo, but we should understand its status as an endangered species..." (pg. 123). People should not hide their original way of speaking for the pleasing of others or to blend in. English used to be referred to a "matter of geography or an element of class privilege..." (pg. 123) now its more referred to as the language instead of the race. There is no one "standard" (pg.
Approximate Word count = 557
Approximate Pages = 2.2
(250 words per page double spaced)
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