Lack of critical thinking does not inhibit the responsibilities of writers, to persuade readers with their perspective. The purpose of literacy is to express the human experience through a larger context. Literacy is often viewed to be limited by its language and how it addresses issues but as our world continues to develop. David Kirkland points out, in “The Skin We Ink”, that “it is important to re-conceptualize literacy as a human practice and expand English education to study its multiple forms.” If literacy was re-conceptualized to the modern era, language, formats, and other disciplines writers have used for centuries would be insignificant to the value of the literacy. June Jordan justifies the standards of English in “Nobody Mean More
