Language is political. That's why you and me, my Brother and Sister, that's why we supposed to choke our natural self into the weird, lying, barbarous, unreal, white speech and writing habits that the schools lay down like holy law. Because, in other words, the powerful don't play; they mean to keep that power, and those who are the powerless (you and me) better shape up -- mimic/ape/suck -- in the very image of the powerful, or the powerful will destroy you -- you and our children.

Famous Quotes / June Jordan

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June Jordan: "Language is political. That's why you and me, my Brother and Sister, that's why we supposed to choke our natural self into the weird, lying, barbarous, unreal, white speech and writing habits that the schools lay down like holy law. Because, in other words, the powerful don't play; they mean to keep that power, and those who are the powerless (you and me) better shape up -- mimic/ape/suck -- in the very image of the powerful, or the powerful will destroy you -- you and our children."

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Children	Choke	Destroy	Down
Habits	Holy	Image	Into
Keep	Language	Lying	Mean
Mimicapesuck	Natural	Other	Play
Political	Power	Powerful	Powerless
Schools	Self	Shape	Sister
Speech	Supposed	Thats	Unreal
Very	Weird	White	Words
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Language is political. That's why you and me, my Brother and Sister, that's why we supposed to choke our natural self into the weird, lying, barbarous, unreal, white speech and writing habits that the schools lay down like holy law. Because, in other words, the powerful don't play; they mean to keep that power, and those who are the powerless (you and me) better shape up -- mimic/ape/suck -- in the very image of the powerful, or the powerful will destroy you -- you and our children. - June Jordan