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Richard Rodriguez powerfully shows a transition that he made through life, from his ethnic and intimate family place to an accomplished and assimilated American identity. His past paints a clear picture of what it takes to be successful in the public realm. It involves becoming distant from the people whom you are a part of.  Read More »

Bilingual education. It sounded like a great idea to me for a while--especially since I have friends who moved to the U.S. at a young age and described what it was like for them going to school when no one speaks your language, and being forced to learn it really quickly.  Read More »

I should probably start this post with a qualification: I'm a linguaphile. Language is my passion and I have every intention of learning as many as possible, no matter what my career choice ends up being.  Read More »

Having had the television on all weekend, I noticed that many commercials are now all in Spanish. I am watching basic cable here, not the Spanish speaking channels. From the images on the commercials I can understand what product they are advertising, but their presence as interruptions for all English programming is quite alarming.  Read More »

I love how everyone is expected to learn spanish these days. I'm in Texas where if you don't speak spanish, you are learning to speak spanish, or your screwed.  Read More »

About the importance of Spanish to the USA and the rise of Chinese in schools.
The first three paragraphs are meant to be informational.  Read More »

Cuando Ud. me conoce, yo parezco comó una güerita. Vivo en una población que tiene muchos güeros. Mis padres ganan suficiente baro, y nosotros vivimos una vida buena. Yo soy muy baja, con pelo rubio y ojos verdes, e yo parezco comó mi mamá. Sí, yo soy la güerita normal.

Pero yo soy chicana.  Read More »

There seem to be two major schools of thought regarding the official appointment of Spanish as an official language of the United States. The first supports such action, citing a large Hispanic-American population. The second opposes it, stating that English should be the only official language of the United States.  Read More »