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The Chicano People Gloria Anzaldua writes about a borderland. This ?borderland? is what she explains as where two or more cultures meet with each other. Two essays in which she wrote are Entering into the Serpent and How to Tame a Wild Tongue. Both of these essays are written in English and Spanish, making it difficult for some to understand. She does this to show people what it was like to not understand. Anzaldua discusses …

…did not speak the traditional Spanish. Americans were angered that they did not speak the ?common? language of English. But ask yourself, does America have a common language? America is made up of many different cultures, that is why people come to America, for freedom. Included in that freedom is freedom of speech. All around the country, people speak every language possible. Who is to say that English is the language that should be spoken?