More times than not, Americans look at immigrants as not having the rights to be in our country. What they fail to realize, (and I use "they" very harshly), is that the immigrants coming to America see this country as being free and wanting to be a part of it.
Often times, Mexicans are stereotyped and rejected from society because they come to our country and take our jobs and don’t speak our language. I am a firm believer that there should be peace all over the world and not just within countries. I don’t think there should ever been separate countries and “borders”. If a person wants to live in America that was not born here, they should be able to. Just as if I wanted to live in, for shits sake, Africa. I should be able to. Who is to say that this land is ours? A song? “This land is your land, this land is my land, blah blah blah…” What happened to that song? I think different languages are beautiful. I also think, though, that if a person speaks a different language, they should at least learn enough to get by in the country they want to live in. If I were to move to a different country that spoke a different language than English, I would do everything I could to learn it before I went, or while I was there.
I have had personal experience working with Mexican men. They came from Mexico to work at my job and they were by far the best workers I have ever seen in my entire life. They would do anything anyone asked at the drop of a hat. They spoke English enough for us to understand them and not to mention how friendly they were. They only wanted to be a part of our country… and hell; they did a better job than every American put together in that place.
Anyway, Gloria Anzaldúa, writes beautifully in my opinion. I absolutely love the mixture of Spanish into her piece, Borderlands. It really gave me a sense of what she was feeling. Sometimes there are no words to describe what is trying to be said, so using the Spanish language to express her grief and sorrow for the circumstances was the best possible action to take.
Often times, Mexicans are stereotyped and rejected from society because they come to our country and take our jobs and don’t speak our language. I am a firm believer that there should be peace all over the world and not just within countries. I don’t think there should ever been separate countries and “borders”. If a person wants to live in America that was not born here, they should be able to. Just as if I wanted to live in, for shits sake, Africa. I should be able to. Who is to say that this land is ours? A song? “This land is your land, this land is my land, blah blah blah…” What happened to that song? I think different languages are beautiful. I also think, though, that if a person speaks a different language, they should at least learn enough to get by in the country they want to live in. If I were to move to a different country that spoke a different language than English, I would do everything I could to learn it before I went, or while I was there.
I have had personal experience working with Mexican men. They came from Mexico to work at my job and they were by far the best workers I have ever seen in my entire life. They would do anything anyone asked at the drop of a hat. They spoke English enough for us to understand them and not to mention how friendly they were. They only wanted to be a part of our country… and hell; they did a better job than every American put together in that place.
Anyway, Gloria Anzaldúa, writes beautifully in my opinion. I absolutely love the mixture of Spanish into her piece, Borderlands. It really gave me a sense of what she was feeling. Sometimes there are no words to describe what is trying to be said, so using the Spanish language to express her grief and sorrow for the circumstances was the best possible action to take.
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