In June Jordan’s Nobody Means More to Me than You and the Future Life of Willie Jordan she discusses Black English not being recognized as a language in America. Black English has many rules and guidelines to it. Languages have many different “sub-languages” within them. In the UK people speak differently based on the region. There are different words and accents, but still, it’s the same language. So why isn’t this acceptable in America, why was black English frowned upon. June Jordan has the students of her class, “The Art of Black English” analyze in depth the rules of Black English. When writing a letter that would be published in The Village Voice, June Jordan is faced with the decision of whether or not to write it in SAE or BE. Writing in BE meant that their words were going to be ignored and disregarded. Regardless of this they write in BE. This decision was smart as in the long run, they were fighting for equality in language and writing as well as recognition.