Black English not a Language?

James Baldwin puts up a great argument about Black English in his essay "If Black English Isn't a Language, then Tell Me, What is?” Language is one of the main ways that we communicate with each other. Baldwin points out that the main reason why Black English isn't thought to be a language because of the discrimination on them from when they first came to the Americas. Black people came to the country as slaves and were not thought of as humans and none of them spoke the same language, so their version of the English evolved from there. Baldwin points out about the different versions of most languages. For example, the French language has so many different dialects like a person in Paris speaks completely different French than a man in Quebec. The Black culture, not just the language, has influenced our society. We wouldn’t have the music and many of the phrases that we commonly hear today. So if they have influenced our culture so much than why can’t Black English be considered a language? Baldwin does a really good job of arguing his position on Black English. He does a really good job of infusing the history of Blacks to help his argument.