If Black English isn't a Language, then tell me what is?

The thesis to this article is located in the first paragraph when James Baldwin states, “The argument has nothing to do with language itself but with the role of language.”  I think that this statement says a lot about the impact that language had/has on the African American race. The article states that people evolve a language in order to describe and thus control their circumstances, or in order not to be submerged by a reality that they cannot articulate.  Black English is formed under so many historical conditions of America, it just transformed ancient elements into a new language. We learned that it is a language that while it is different from the standardized English it is still related. As Americans we need to look at it fairly as its own language.  Language brings people together. As the writer says “It goes without saying, that language is also a political instrument, means, & proof of power.” This quote is important to our understanding of language variations & social justice because language is power. Language is the most vivid key to identity so without it you have nothing and the points out, language from place to place.