Summary: How to tame a wild tongue

In "How to tame a wild tongue", Gloria Anzaldua accuses that the American mainstream culture abuses her own culture with her own experience. She illustrates that language is a way to express your own identity. However, from what she writes, she was told that she has to speak English without accent of Mexican when she was at school which means she has to completely give up her own language. Also, when she talks with people and people notice her accent, they treat her differently. She feels frustrated when people look down her language. As she said, " I am my language". She is struggling with the dilemma between English and her own language and she thinks one day she can express her identity with her own language free.