The Dentist CaseEssay Preview: The Dentist CaseReport this essayWhat I find the most interesting about AnzaldĂșas essay is helpful in expressing not only how diversity affects the shaping of ones personal identity but also the importance of ones language. The author opens her story by telling her real story at the dentist office. The dentist is complaining that her tongue is “strong and stubborn”, and it makes her feel frustrated, and she think of herself how to tame her tongue to be quiet. In fact, there is nothing wrong about her tongue; its just because the dentist wasnt referring to her accent. Her reactions make the problems: she has had the way that she speaks causes her to be constantly conscious of how other people view her. She believes her accent is something that defines her. Therefore, those who speaks Spanish or those who speak English dont accept her as a native speaker.
What I find most challenging about AnzaldĂșas essay is that the language she speaks is Chicano Spanish, and she is living in an English-speaking environment; therefore, people take advantage of her accent. In this essay, the author not just only gives the readers an example of how her dentist got mad at her wild tongue but also she think that her teacher take advantage on her by telling her to go back to her country if she doesnt speak English like an English-speaker. As a child, she had many obstacles and stereotypes to overcome because of her accent; her language was a source of turmoil, which caused her anger and frustration, as well as problems of concerning her self-esteem and how she valued herself.
What I find most problematic in this essay is the language of a person who speaks will describe who they are. The problems that the author had identifying with her environment because of her language could have permanently affected her identity. In addiction, she cannot be happy with herself until she accepts the “illegitimacy” of her tongue. From my point of view, the language varies doesnt mean that it makes it any less authentic. People who speak a variation on a language should not be ashamed of the way they speak because that is their cultures, where they from, and how they are. The author expresses the needs for the language of Chicano Spanish and the participating in Chicano cultures is not something to be ashamed of.
[quote=Emanuel]Cameras on a Chicano
In 2014, Chicano Chicano students asked the students to write a short letter that could be used with their own voice and address the “problem” within their own community in Chicano communities.
Here are some of the options:
– Use your own voice
– Get involved in your community
– Speak out about issues of the day
– Ask what they are and ask what they are speaking about
– Tell your community what they are thinking about and how they are affecting the community
– Be the person that they want to be
– Ask for advice that they can help you create the language of Chicano Spanish
– Tell a representative of your community if you know that you are being held captive. This could be your last stop!
[quote=Cameraman]I really want the C.I.A. and Chicana Council to understand that the need for diversity, acceptance, and inclusion will not only impact the community, but also the lives of these students all day on a daily basis.
My hope is that the C.I.A. and Chicana Council will listen to your request and work together toward inclusion and representation when we need it. With the community coming together like this, it’s very clear that Chicano, our movement to get in on this new chapter, is in our community’s best interests.
[quote=Cantripes]I had seen many similar responses in the last two days.
– I believe that if we don’t have the resources to change the discourse and accept everyone who uses the word, people will break this code because they see the issue as a whole. To me, there are people who are doing the same thing and that makes them feel ashamed and confused. I would hate to see that happen.
[quote=Dereck_Lopez]The Chicano community, by and large speaks for itself and the struggles that we face and for anyone with access to the voices that speak them. By embracing the voice of people that speak their own language, we all connect with the people that speak their own language.
[quote=Lori]I have known (and trust the words I say) that I am experiencing a lot of anxiety that I would not feel comfortable if I were trans, and this anxiety may be a form of racism from the very beginning. In order to understand the anxiety that people may be experiencing, I must first consider the issues raised, and then I must also acknowledge and understand what I believe it was that got me there.
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[quote=Emanuel]Cameras on a Chicano
In 2014, Chicano Chicano students asked the students to write a short letter that could be used with their own voice and address the “problem” within their own community in Chicano communities.
Here are some of the options:
– Use your own voice
– Get involved in your community
– Speak out about issues of the day
– Ask what they are and ask what they are speaking about
– Tell your community what they are thinking about and how they are affecting the community
– Be the person that they want to be
– Ask for advice that they can help you create the language of Chicano Spanish
– Tell a representative of your community if you know that you are being held captive. This could be your last stop!
[quote=Cameraman]I really want the C.I.A. and Chicana Council to understand that the need for diversity, acceptance, and inclusion will not only impact the community, but also the lives of these students all day on a daily basis.
My hope is that the C.I.A. and Chicana Council will listen to your request and work together toward inclusion and representation when we need it. With the community coming together like this, it’s very clear that Chicano, our movement to get in on this new chapter, is in our community’s best interests.
[quote=Cantripes]I had seen many similar responses in the last two days.
– I believe that if we don’t have the resources to change the discourse and accept everyone who uses the word, people will break this code because they see the issue as a whole. To me, there are people who are doing the same thing and that makes them feel ashamed and confused. I would hate to see that happen.
[quote=Dereck_Lopez]The Chicano community, by and large speaks for itself and the struggles that we face and for anyone with access to the voices that speak them. By embracing the voice of people that speak their own language, we all connect with the people that speak their own language.
[quote=Lori]I have known (and trust the words I say) that I am experiencing a lot of anxiety that I would not feel comfortable if I were trans, and this anxiety may be a form of racism from the very beginning. In order to understand the anxiety that people may be experiencing, I must first consider the issues raised, and then I must also acknowledge and understand what I believe it was that got me there.
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What I find I most relate to is that Im not an English speaker; I have Vietnamese accent when I speak English and sometime people take advantages of the way I speak. It was frustrating at first because sometime I felt people begin to be racial to me because they could not understand clearly my English. In fact, this essay reminds me of the article ” Mother Tongue” by Amy Tan, she wrote about her mothers broken English; however, it does not affect her intelligent. If you could speak English fluently, it doesnt mean that you are smart, or you can do