How to Tame a Wild Tongue (Rough Draft)

How to Tame a Wild Tongue (Rough Draft) Gloria Anzaldua is a Mexican woman who faced troubles growing up because she spoke Chicano and had trouble learning English bdue to her native tongue. She faced quandaries as a child because she had trouble grasping English and spoke with a Hispanic accent. She explains that “At Pan American University, I and all Chicano students were required to take two speech classes. Their purpose: to get rid of our accents. Attacks on one’s form of expression with the intent to censor are a violation of the First Amendment. El Anglo con cara de inocente nos arrancó la lengua. Wild tongues cant be tamed, they can only be cut out” (Anzaldua 42). She describes her problems with the rules of the university and how they are trying to remove something that is a part of the Hispanic’s culture. When reading this passage, it is evident that Anzaldua feels strongly about her Hispanic background and doesn’t concur with the ideology of the university and their attempts to rid students of their accents. I also construe, through reading the passage, that even though many natives don’t approve of her Chicano way of speaking, she is pleased with her heritage and culture and doesn’t concern herself with others opinions. When analyzing the first sentence, I first look at the name “Pan American University.” When I see this name, I think of a university that has a variety of majors due to their diverse culture. From reading an article from the U.S. census bureau, they estimated the number of Hispanics in Texas to be around 9.1 million people. This data sustains the idea that Pan American University is a very culturally diverse university. It is very degrading for a Hispanic person to be required to learn another language to fit into the community. I find it very ironic that as Pan American University prides itself on its diversity, they still do require their students to take these speech classes. Multicultural by the