Question

According to Baldwin, black Americans do not consider American English the native language of their people because _____.

Answer 1

Answer:

American English does not recognize the role of the black people in American society

Explanation:

Answer 2

That is because it is often associated with oppression and history that followed it. According to Baldwin, there's a thing called Black English that often becomes a part of the General American English and he provides the word Jazz as an example of something that used to be sexual but is now changed into a musical thing.
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