Speak, YOU! Blogger #2

                              I think that different languages is a beautiful thing. The fact that the stories told by both of the women, are told in a manner that you can tell it has caused distress in their lives, is heinous. All, of  their lives they have had to struggle with being thought of as maybe, ignorant or defiant. But, the bright side is they overcame that stereotype and negativity. You could even say that they gave a voice to people that may not have had the words. I mean, obviously they have become successful, educated writers and speakers; in all of the many languages that they can speak. I really liked the quote, quoted in Gloria Anzalduas How to Tame a Wild Tongue, "Who is to say that robbing a people of its language is less violent than war." - Ray Gwyn Smith. It must be hard to always hear people say " last time I checked we were in America, speak English." I know that it bothers me when I hear someone I am with say this. This is very diverse country, with many, many tongues spoken.  It really makes the person speaking negatively look stupid. I mean if the people you are calling "stupid and lazy" attempts to understand you and often times exceeds that understanding, and there is no effort to reciprocate; then really who is "lazy and stupid." I like to learn from everyone, well almost everyone.