The argument that Baldwin is stating is that language and speaking is one of the most important features that can reveal someone’s identity. Furthermore, Baldwin continues by stating that even if certain people speak the same languages it can be very difficult to understand them because they can be from different regions. “A Frenchman living in Paris speaks a subtly and crucially different language from that of the man living in Marseilles; neither sounds very much like a man living in Quebec;” ( pg 1 ). She states here that speaking the same language can sound very different if you are from another region. In addition, “Black English ” is the creation of black diaspora, a term they used to describe enslaved black people. Baldwin’s argument has a relation to Belmihoub and Corcoran’s ideas since they bring up the idea of translanguaging being used as a form of communication. This shows a significant connection to Baldwin’s argument because Black Enslaved People had to create a secret language to prevent the people who were harming them to understand. You can also call translanguaging a way of self-defense and sort of privacy and protection. Kamal Belmihoub and Lucas Corcoran stated in their writing “Translanguaging suggests that language is always a negotiation between the linguistic features that speakers already know and the communicative situations in which they find themselves.” (page 65). This also shows a connection to Baldwin’s writing when she stated that they used that tactic when the enslaved people found themselves in a situation in which they had no other option.