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1. Oppression-three licks for speaking spanish, talking back, speech classes. Traditions of silence-well bred girls don't answer back, big mouth, questioning, carrying tales but not parallel to men. (nostros-nostros) It again brings to the forefront that women or children should be seen and not heard. Nevermind that an open mouth should indicate that they would like to be heard, the most important thing should be not to let flies enter it. This leads back to Anzaldúa's point of taming a wild tongue. In order to tame it, the mouth should also be closed...silenced. Silence is also another form of oppression in many women's lives. Is this where the phrase 'Silence is golden' originated? Later on in the selection, she tells us that "language is a male discourse" (54).
honor 400 treaties, religious freedom, ongoing theft of resources, reverse colonization. Intergroup involvement-niggers, honkies, drunken irish, papist pigs, spics, wetbacks, dinks.... -aware of options (college, job application-president position). 2. Some on the campus immediately decried the new logo as offensive, but it wasn't just the logo that bothered them. They didn't think much of the use of a Sioux Indian as the university's mascot. Last month, more than 60 people rallied on the campus, calling on the university to abandon the Sioux warrior as a symbol. -have options (housing, freedom, health, work access), Civil rights- framework of majority rules, will of majority will of all. ------------------------------------------------------------------------
Some common words found in the essay are:
Sioux Indian, , Spanish Unwanted, Spanish Anglo, Spanish Speakers, Chicano Spanish, Terrorism Anzaldua, poor spanish, bastard language,
Approximate Word count = 525
Approximate Pages = 2 (250 words per page double spaced)
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