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If Black English Isn’t a Language, Then Tell Me, What Is?

By James Baldwin

The acclaimed writer speaks his mind on language, politics and power in this article, originally published as a letter to the editor of The New York Times in 1979.

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Volume 12, No.1

Fall 1997