Summary Of How To Tame A Wild Tongue

In “How to Tame a Wild Tongue”, Anzaldua introduces her own language Chicano Spanish to us. Because of 250 years of Spanish and Anglo colonization, Chicanos developed their own language, which was a combination of both English and Spanish. When Anzaldua was young, she was told Chicano Spanish was a bastard language and attacks on her native tongue continues throughout her lives. However, she didn’t feel ashamed of her language, and instead, she was proud to speak Chicano Spanish and wished it to be accepted. She believed “With that recognition, we became a distinct people”.
Anzaldua states language is important because in his point of view, his language can connect to Chicanos’ identity and it’s one capable of communicating the realities and