On Call: Political Essays "Nob

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. 124) for the language either, each country or culture (such as Black

In the middle of the semester Willie had gone missing. The teacher worried that the things that were happening in South Africa could have caused him to go missing. After a week of no word from Willie he called to apologize, Jordan asked him to drop by her office and he complied. When she saw him she knew that something had gone terribly wrong. It turns out that his brother had been murdered by police officers. Willie and his family didn't know what to do. With Willie's "permission" (pg. 134) Jordan got lawyers, but was told that without the help of the community the costs would be too much. So she contacted "every newspaper and media person [she] could think of" (pg.134). Finally she brought the issue to her class, and they decided to make a difference themselves by using the writing skills they had acquired through the class. They each wrote their message in "Reggie

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