An interesting story from an interesting author. It is how she speaks about everyone having their own native accent to a language that makes readers think for a second, "How would I feel if someone tried to stop me from talking the way I do?"
In the story, Anzaldua also talks about "Linguistic Terrorism." She says that a language must be used if it is to remain alive. The thing about it is that learning a new language is tough if you do not find ways to steer it so that you understand it better.
My opinion in all of this is that language is just another tool used for communicating with others. If you are able to speak another language, be proud of it. No one should force anyone to change their accent just because they don't like it. That language is their culture. You tell someone to change their accent, and it's like stripping that person of everything he/she learned as a child.
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