Gloria Anzaldú and Jamila Lyiscott are both people who bring out the truth when it came into speaking different forms of the same language. Anzaldú's piece of How to Tame a Wild Tongue is very relatable due to the fact that I can actually relate to the struggle of being able to speak two language and being forced to learn one in order to get rid of the other. When Anzaldú states, "El Anglo con cara de inocente nos arrancó la lengua." (Page 34), she talks about how english teachers or anyone that had english as their first and only language would try to get rid of her spanish and force her to speak english. When she talks about getting punished for "talking back" to her anglo teacher (Anzaldú 34) she is told to learn english or to go back to Mexico. This statement brought up the different ways there is to speak one language.
You can speak one single language in many different ways. As Jamila Lyiscott mentioned in her video 3 languages, there is a way you talk to your friends, your family, and your work environment. Just because you speak one way to a friend or family, it doesn't define the way you are and who you are.
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