After reading “White English/ Black English: The Politics of Translation,” by June Jordan, Jordan finds fault in the following statement, in which then-President Richard Nixon describes the Vietnam War by not believing him and choosing to ignore his statement because of the way he’s using white English. Nixon is careless on what he says and doesn’t know the deeper meaning behind his words like when he said “compassionate” or “unselfish” When they start using white English its true purpose is to hide something important that the rest of the world can’t know because it benefits them and just only the privilege. Everyone and everything is a lie behind white English which is a disappointment because real issues can be talked about if people just used it properly.
Jordan means with the following statement, “The problem is that we are saying language, but really dealing with power” is language is the most important thing to acknowledge we communicate with one another like that and by doing people get to know us better as a individual in society. Language can be difficult to understand but if one person has good intentions on how they are saying it with tone and their facial expression people would know what they mean by saying it. White English and Black English can be both different languages to different people in society and sadly white English is taken more serious than black English which can cause problems. And people who just acknowledge white English would find themselves just knowing one and wouldn’t know the significance meaning behind when people intend to us black English. Our language represents us and where we come from and what our purpose is by communicating with one another its a part of you that people would intend to see you as a good or bad person it just depends on you.