Summary of "how to tame a wild tongue"

 In "How To Tame A Wild Tongue" Gloria Anzaldua writes about being her academic culture, where she is expected to speak clearly and adhere to the American English Language. The other her Spanish Chicano culture, where specific edict expectations are placed on her at an early age and throughout her upbringing. Anzaldua describes, “Being Mexican is a state of soul – not one of mind.” This comes about after a lifetime of enduring two cultures demands. Anzaldua is that a language or “tongue” cannot be controlled because any attempt to control it would lead to its annihilation.Without a unique “tongue,” true self-expression would be impossible, which signifies the connection between language and identity.