In this essay, Gloria Anzaldúa expresses her point of view on the different cultures, classes, and languages. Anzaldúa brings about the animosity people have for her Chicano culture and displays her pride for it. In paragraph 27 she introduces a claim, and I believe that the claim is, that in order for Anzaldúa to feel accepted into American culture, which she has been living with for many years, she needs to be able to speak and write in both languages; Spanish and English, also known as Spanglish. I don’t necessarily agree with her claim, in order to sense that she is being “welcomed” into society, she needs to take pride in her language, accept all the languages she speaks, and be free to write bilingually. I do not really understand what she went through and has been going through, but I think that she is already accepted, but she just doesn’t feel like she is, and I get the impression that she …show more content…
In paragraph 27 Anzaldúa states, “So if you want to hurt me, talk badly about my language. Ethnic identity is twin skin to linguistic identity - I am my language”. She then goes on to explain how she needs to accept herself before society does. I get where she is coming from, and how she thinks she needs to be accepted and needs to accept herself, but I think she is asking for too much. We all feel unaccepted at some point in our life and may never actually feel like we belong, but we do bring some of that upon ourselves. It may take time in order for that to happen, but many folk want other people to think and act like the way do, so that they aren’t the only one doing whatever they desire to do. It’s all about fitting in in today’s world, which isn’t necessarily a good thing. Anzaldúa has a craving to feel like she belongs in society, but she has been, she just won’t acknowledge that and wants more from the