Quotes by Jordan, June

I am a feminist, and what that means to me is much the same as the mea >>

If any of us hopes to survive, s/he must meet the extremity of the Ame >>

anytime you see white men suppose to fight each other an you not white >>

Quotations about Language

Language is not only the vehicle of thought, it is a great and efficie >>

Viewed freely, the English language is the accretion and growth of eve >>

Language is the mother of thought, not its handmaiden. >>

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.

Jordan, June