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Jamila Lyiscott and Gloria Anzuldua both come from ethnic-heavy backgrounds. Both of these women are very culturally diverse and incredibly well spoken but both of them also represent the same idea. That their native tongue should not be shamed. In both Jamila Lyiscott's "TED Talk" episode and Gloria Anzuldua's How to Tame a Wild Tongue they express their concern for how the way they speak is looked down upon. How, just because they speak a certain way, somehow they're perceived as lesser. In today's society, you may insult someone simply by making fun of the way they speak as said by Gloria Anzuldua; "So, if you want to really hurt me, talk badly about my language." It may make them feel like because they aren't speaking "proper" that they are in the wrong. We are all guilty of judging someone by the way they speak, consciously or unconsciously, it does happen and the judging we are doing doesn't give the people a fair chance to really show how articulate they can be. Even I am sure at one point or another someone has overheard me saying something and simply judged me because of the slang I used or how I pronounced certain things, little do they know I can speak their language as well. I speak many languages.

Works Cited

 Anzaldua, Gloria. "How to Tame a Wild Tongue." Gloria Anzaldua, 1 Sept. 1987. Web. 25 Sept. 2015.