I am Polylingual

I thought I was bilingual. English, Spanish, and that's it. After watching Jamila Lysicott's passionate video 3 Languages, and reading Gloria Anzaldua's How to Tame a Wild Tongue,  I felt as though I was looking at it all wrong. As an American of Mexican decent, I pride myself in being fluent in both English and Spanish. Come to think of it, however, neither my English nor my Spanish is "pure." Rather, it is a combination of both at times, and other times, it seems to be a brand new language completely. As per Anzaldua, "For a people who are neither Spanish, nor live in a country where Spanish is the first language; for a people who live in a country in which English is the reigning tongue but who are not Anglo; for a people who cannot identify entirely with either standard Spanish...nor standard English, what recourse is left to them but to create their own language?" 

I can't help but feel that the Chicano and the Mexican are two different races at times. Sure, we may understand each other, originate from the same country, and have other things in common, but we (Chicanos) are very different in that we were born and raised surrounded by a different media all together. Sure, we may have heard the same music, seen the same novelas, and ate the same foods at home, as did others who came from Mexico,but we grew up with different TV, different movies, different music. There are times when I sit and wonder where I fit in culturally. I am not "Mexican" in nationality, because I was born and raised in California, as was my mother.That does not stop my skin from being brown and my eyes from being as dark as a cup of black coffee. Although I was born and raised here, in the United States, I come from a long line of Mexican people. I am Mexican, because Mexican blood runs through my veins. I speak Spanish, I enjoy Mexican food, I sometimes even enjoy Spanish soap operas. But I live in a country where English seems to be the norm. Even so, there are many forms of speaking English, from what I've learned from Jamila Lysicott. Do people of certain ethnicities talk a certain way, or is it a matter of where you're from?  The reason for my question is that I have heard of this (the way Jamila was using slang) as being referred to as "talking black."  Is it a matter of social class? Let's take Carlton from the show Fresh Prince of Bel Air, for example. He would be what Jamila would call "Articulate." He pronounces every word correctly, doesn't swear, and doesn't seem to use any form of slang. Then again it may not have anything to do with race, but rather, social class. As in my example, Carlton lives in Bel Air. He sounds educated, as opposed to someone like Loc Dog from don't be a menace, who comes from a poorer neighborhood. Either way, there are many forms of speaking a language, and if one possesses the skill to master this art, one is worthy of being called polylingual in my opinion.