I’m Eric Jordan, CPPA.
This is not just a podcast. This is a warning. A wake-up call. A demand.
Today, I want to talk about the greatest betrayal of our time—one that cripples the future of millions of children in the United States and Canada, not through violence or war, but through silence, neglect, and political cowardice.
The betrayal? Denying English proficiency—the single most powerful intangible asset in the world today—to the very children who need it most.
In both the U.S. and Canada, there is a silent epidemic—one that masquerades as cultural preservation or equity-based education reform. But let’s call it what it truly is: a systemic abuse of human rights.
Language is not just a means of communication. It is access. It is power.
And in today’s world, English is the language of global power. It dominates business, finance, technology, and academia. To deny any child—Black, White, Indigenous, or immigrant—access to high-level English proficiency is to deny them the keys to economic freedom.
And yet, we see leaders and institutions doing exactly that.
In Quebec, the enforcement of French-only education laws—Bill 101 and its successors—is choking opportunity for hundreds of thousands. In 2024, English-language education was further restricted even for bilingual families. The result? Anglophone youth in Quebec now face higher unemployment, and the province’s GDP per capita continues to lag behind the rest of Canada.
And in the United States, political figures like Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton support or have failed to oppose the incorporation of Ebonics, or African American Vernacular English, into school curriculums—reducing expectations under the guise of “cultural affirmation.” But this isn’t empowerment. It’s entrapment.
A 2020 Stanford study showed that students educated primarily in non-standard dialects perform 30% lower in reading and 25% lower on SAT scores. These children are not being uplifted—they're being sidelined.
Let’s put this into perspective.
From 1607 to 1775, over 225,000 indentured servants—poor Europeans—arrived in the colonies, with death rates as high as 40%. Only a fraction ever escaped poverty. Today, their descendants make up 73 to 90 million people in the U.S.—largely forgotten by grievance politics, yet economically struggling nonetheless.
Compare that to the 388,000 enslaved Africans brought to America between 1619 and 1808. Despite even greater systemic cruelty, their population has grown to 46 million descendants—13.5% of the U.S. population.
Both groups—servants and slaves—suffered horrors most of us can’t comprehend. But here’s the truth: the continued weaponization of that suffering by political actors keeps us divided.
This isn’t about whose ancestors suffered more. This is about ensuring their descendants aren’t cheated of the future.
We have to stop letting grievance politics dictate our educational policy.
We’re told reparations will fix everything. But here’s what nobody says: the real reparative act isn’t a cheque from Ottawa or Washington. It’s giving every child the full power of English—spoken clearly, written well, and understood deeply. That is what closes wealth gaps. That is what lifts communities.
In the U.S., English-proficient Black students earn 25% more than their peers who lack proficiency. In Quebec, bilingual anglophones outearn French-only speakers by 15%. And yet, our leaders continue to push separatist language policies and Ebonics instruction. Why? Because it gives them power—at the expense of children’s futures.
These are not mistakes. These are strategic betrayals.
Let me be clear. English is not White. English is not colonial. English is not a culture—it is a tool. It belongs to whoever learns it and wields it.
More than 90% of internet content, 80% of global business transactions, and 70% of academic publishing is in English. The data doesn’t lie. Children who do not master English are being set up for failure.
And that failure is being orchestrated—by politicians, bureaucrats, and activists who enrich themselves on the backs of linguistic division.
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights—Article 26—states that education must promote the full development of the human personality.
In the modern world, that requires English. Denying English proficiency is not culture—it’s cruelty. It is economic sabotage. And it must stop.
To the parents of Quebec and California, to the educators in Toronto and Detroit, to every voter who believes in fairness and human rights—demand change.
Reject politicians who push linguistic apartheid.
Expose activists who profit from division.
Boycott programs that treat language as identity rather than opportunity.
Tie every dollar of public education to English proficiency outcomes.
Replace grievance with growth.
Equip our kids—not with excuses—but with tools.
The descendants of indentured servants and enslaved Africans make up over one-third of the U.S. population. Their ancestors were worked to death, chained, starved, and broken. But they survived.
Now, we owe it to their descendants to stop mourning and start building.
To stop clinging to grievance and start fighting for growth.
To give them the one tool that unlocks every global door: English.
It’s time to move forward.
Not right. Not left. Not Black. Not White.
Forward—with English.
This has been Eric Jordan, CPPA.
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