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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).
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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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