Chicana's Essay 'Discrimination In Gloria Anzaldua'

“The way to stop discrimination on the basis of race is to stop discriminating on the basis of race” John Roberts. John Roberts makes the thought of getting rid of discrimination so easy, that you just have to do one big project and it’s all done, nothing to worry about. However, he should be correct about how it should work, but it never really will due to many people’s minds just won’t convert to the way of accepting others based on the way they look. It’s hard to change and convert a person’s mind and thoughts a certain way because of parents shoving their thoughts into their kids’ minds or the fact that a certain event just forced this way of thinking. Racism, Sexism, and the violence in language will never be able to successfully disappear

Gloria talks about the fact that not only was she being discriminated against people who were racist but also by her own race because she was a female and not a male. Moving to a new place forced her to talk in a new type of spanish which added to the tension, and talks about the fact that they were being denied their sex and forced to being hidden behind the crowd of males, “Chicanas uses nosotros whether we’re male or female. We are robbed of our female being by the masculine plural. Language is a male discourse.” (000) The Chicanas are implying that they don’t need to worry about language, that’s for the men to worry about and correct, and that females are just sitting in the shadows behind men. However, even if this wasn’t the case, Gloria and other little girls still had to act appropriate at all times and could never misbehave and if they did, it was considered a sin or girls that were improper and not ready to contribute to society, “Muchachitas bien criadas, well-bred girls don’t answer back.” (000) Gloria, whenever she misspoke, being rude, or even stepping out of boundaries that were considered not lady-like, she would have to confess her sins at church in order to save herself and not be considered a sinful child, “I’d recite to the priest in the confession box the few times I went to confession: talking back to my mother, having a big mouth, questioning, carrying tales are all signs of being mal criada.” (000) Sexism ruins women’s self confidence, making them act shy and small in order for them to be considered a part of society, almost a toy, and not a rebel that’s trying to destroy other lives. Even women today still have to fear the night when they walk home alone as well as in the daytime, men harass women by calling them names, catcalling them, or even demanding them to do something even if the woman says no. Sexism still continues