In the quote ” One of the most unselfish missions ever undertaken by one nation in defense of another”, June Jordan finds fault in the meaning behind it. . Jordan makes a lot of references to the ”Standard White English”. This form of the English language uses certain words to cover up something. The U.S did enter the Vietnam war so communism would not spread.
In the quote ”The problem is that we are saying language, but really dealing with power”, this can be interpreted in many ways. This is a rhetorical war regarding language, and the way ”white English” is being used. We see it everywhere, newspapers, in politics, and on television. Furthermore, the problem isn’t the language but how its actual power. The standard white English pushes people to lose their identity, culture, and background. The U.S is a country of many cultures and languages, even the English language is not our official nationwide language. Rather than conforming, we should speak up. It’s called the standard white English because it was historically founded by educated white people.
I like that you mentioned that standard white English was founded by educated white people and that’s the only reason why people refer to it like that. It doesn’t mean that we have to keep it that way, as a diverse country we can integrate other languages and cultures together.
Completely agree that this is in fact identity theft and simply taken from the rest of the diversity in America.