President Donald Trump signed an executive order March 1 designating English as the official language of the United States. The order aims to create a unified society and streamline communication, but multilingual students and staff at Boston University are concerned about its potential implications.

Shanghainese is a dying language, and despite the recent efforts to bring it back, I don’t think it will ever be the same again.

Besides a few circumstances, jargon is ultimately a tool that oppresses those without power and makes it harder for people to create a more equitable system and escape this cycle.