Language of Power

One student asked, "Why do we have to discuss teaching minority children the language of power? Why not just teach everyone acceptance?" Respond.

Fact is, the language of power is the dominant language. It is the language that will help us go through an interview and get a job, it is the language that will help us gain respect from other people, and, perhaps, the language of power may show others that we are well-educated. The reason why the language of power is taught to minority children, or just to students in general, is because it is necessary. The language, itself, is powerful, and it will help an individual become powerful. Although it is always necessary to use a language from our own culture, but it is more necessary to use the language that is on high demand. It is obvious that a powerful language is the only communicative form that can get us somewhere in life. For instance, if we used slang [eh, dude, I ain't like that] during an interview, where would that language take us? Nowhere. Thus, it is especially important to teach the language of power to minority students to help get this from point A to point B. Why? Because the language of powerful is universal. It is one language that is used most by the world. Furthermore, the way one speak represent what one holds. If educators do not speak the language of power to the minority students, the minority may become even more of a minority. The minority students will not be involved in the communicative form that the entire country uses. And we know that speaking is powerful, thus speaking the language of power represents.