"If Black English isn't a Language..."

Baldwin's view and Tan's view are sort of similar, where they both talk about how their language has a lot to do with their identity. Baldwin talks about the fact that blacks only learn because whites need them to know certain things for the whites benefit, and they had to create their own language to communicate when they first came to the United States, and white people judge them on thier language and say they aren't smart, just like Tan says in her story about Asains. I think Tan believes that no matter what in the United States they use just regular english and anyone else that either doesnt use it or doesnt use it right gets judged dramatically. Baldwin is saying he thinks there are all sorts of versions of the english langauge that can be used in the United States and that no one should be judged its the only way that they can communicate within their own that people that speak English can still unederstand.

"Mother Tongue"

I think people do make assumptions on people's intelligence when people have an accent. In the story the doctors thought because she had an accent they could get away with saying they lost the CAT scan and think she had no clue what was even going on. They pretty much thought she was dumb because of her accent. I think it happens more often than most people think. I think people do use a person's language to determine their intelligence but I dont think it always reveal a person's intelligence. A really smart person could use really poor language and someone would judge that person and say they are dumb because the way they talk. I mean sometimes it does reveals a person's intelligence, it just depends on the person. A person could also hide that they aren't very smart by using really good language like in a job interview and someone could think that person is really smart and hire them.

"How to Tame a Wild Tongue"

I think the way I talk definitely reveals who I am. It does change a bit when I change friends or when I'm with my parents, or family, then when I'm with my friends. Like you can tell that I'm more of a shy person when you first met me because I don't say much and when I do I say as little as i possibly can. Once you get to know me i become a who different person, and im more comfortable with the way i talk and i dont try to impress you, i guess thats the right word, i just tell you how it is. One thing i have noticed in my language is when i hang out with someone for a certain amount of time i start using the same language as them, so i guess im good at adapting to the language used around me. then when im with my family my language changes some and i become a little more reserved on what i say around them, and i guess that says a lot about my identity too.
If someone attacked my language it would definitely attack me as a person, because i use my language to identify myself to others, and if someone attacked that then they would be saying they didn't like me as a person either. If i was in that situation then i would just make an attack back to see how they like it and they would probably feel the same way.