In class today, we discussed the chapter in the book Borderlands, it mainly pointed out the question of the author's identity, culture, and ideas of how that mixture comes alive in the authors point of view. I found it very interesting how the author expresses her opinion that she should express her ideas in any language that she pleases. She has a Latina background, and she wants to be able to have writings that are published in Spanish, English, or even a mixture of both. She explains that the United States of America is robbing her of her culture because in the education systems, they were giving her classes to lose her accent. With all this occurring she also has to keep in mind that she was born in the US. So why is the educational systems going against her?
That makes a connection to myself because I wasn't born in this country, neither of my family that is here as well. As a young age I was forced to loose my Jamaican accent because it didn't identify as " proper English". Both I do still try to hold on to my culture as much as I can. Does this mean I have abide by the saying " When in Rome, do what the Romans do?"
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