{"id":986,"date":"2020-05-30T21:17:09","date_gmt":"2020-05-31T01:17:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.spanglishvoces.com\/?p=986"},"modified":"2020-06-02T09:11:14","modified_gmt":"2020-06-02T13:11:14","slug":"dont-you-dare","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spanglishvoces.com\/index.php\/2020\/05\/30\/dont-you-dare\/","title":{"rendered":"DON’T YOU DARE"},"content":{"rendered":"

Barely 17 years old, and yet<\/span>
\nI\u2019d\u00a0fight\u00a0with anyone who\u00a0dared<\/span>
\nTo\u00a0tell\u00a0me that<\/span>
\nSpanglish\u00a0wasn\u2019t<\/span>
\nA language.<\/span><\/p>\n

Spanglish\u00a0was so deeply\u00a0intertwined<\/span>
\nWith my\u00a0identity, that any attempt<\/span>
\nTo invalidate it<\/span>
\nWas\u00a0an\u00a0attempt<\/span>
\nTo invalidate me.<\/span><\/p>\n

The\u00a0only\u00a0thing I\u00a0knew\u00a0how to\u00a0speak\u00a0where<\/span>
\nI didn\u2019t have\u00a0to<\/span>
\ncensor, filter, or\u00a0hinder<\/span>
\nthe\u00a0only\u00a0language\u00a0learning<\/span>
\nallowed at school.<\/span><\/p>\n

How could something\u00a0so\u00a0natural\u00a0be\u00a0so\u00a0wrong?<\/span>
\nWhat tastes like caf\u00e9\u00a0amargo\u00a0to my\u00a0abuela<\/span>
\nGoes down like sweet honey for me,\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/span>Welcoming,\u00a0arms\u00a0wide, it\u00a0made\u00a0me\u00a0believe<\/span>
\nThat I was finally Dominican<\/span>
\nNo more of that\u00a0gringa\u00a0stuff<\/span>
\nI was finally\u00a0enough<\/span>
\nto be claimed by a country that was never mine.<\/span><\/p>\n

You can\u2019t tell me\u00a0Spanglish<\/span>
\nisn\u2019t a\u00a0language<\/span>
\nWhen that\u2019s\u00a0all an\u00a0entire\u00a0generation<\/span>
\nknows how to manage.<\/span><\/p>\n

I\u00a0mean,\u00a0yeah, we might not all have the\u00a0same\u00a0<\/span>
\nVocab, verb usage, and\u00a0syntax<\/span>
\nAnd watch\u00a0out<\/span>
\nBecause I\u2019m about to\u00a0spit\u00a0some\u00a0straight\u00a0facts<\/span>
\nBut\u00a0Spanglish\u00a0is more than<\/span>
\nThe\u00a0conventions\u00a0of\u00a0grammar<\/span>
\nSpanglish\u00a0is more\u00a0than<\/span>
\nJust a standard way of speaking.<\/span><\/p>\n

Spanglish\u00a0is\u00a0what\u00a0connects\u00a0those<\/span>
\nwho\u00a0have\u00a0no\u00a0connections<\/span>
\nReflects\u00a0those<\/span>
\nwho\u00a0have\u00a0no\u00a0reflections<\/span>
\nof what it looks like to be accepted, despite your \u201cbroken understanding.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

But how can my\u00a0Spanish\u00a0be\u00a0broken<\/span>
\nwhen\u00a0it makes me, feel whole?<\/span>
\nHow can my\u00a0Spanish\u00a0be\u00a0broken<\/span>
\nwhen that\u2019s\u00a0all I can\u00a0roll\u00a0<\/span>
\non my\u00a0tongue<\/span>
\nsinging\u00a0songs\u00a0unsung<\/span>
\nof my\u00a0emptiness<\/span>
\nof my\u00a0longing\u00a0to\u00a0be\u00a0<\/span>
\nacknowledged\u00a0that<\/span>
\nI, too, am Latina.<\/span><\/p>\n

Barely 24 years old, and yet<\/span>
\nI\u2019d\u00a0argue\u00a0with anyone who\u00a0dared<\/span>
\nTo\u00a0tell\u00a0me that<\/span>
\nSpanglish\u00a0isn\u2019t<\/span>
\nA language.<\/span><\/p>\n

Spanglish\u00a0is so deeply\u00a0intertwined<\/span>
\nWith my\u00a0identity, that any attempt<\/span>
\nTo invalidate it<\/span>
\nIs\u00a0an\u00a0attempt<\/span>
\nTo invalidate me.<\/span><\/p>\n

\n

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Barely 17 years old, and yet I\u2019d\u00a0fight\u00a0with anyone who\u00a0dared To\u00a0tell\u00a0me that Spanglish\u00a0wasn\u2019t A language. Spanglish\u00a0was so deeply\u00a0intertwined With my\u00a0identity, that any attempt To invalidate it Was\u00a0an\u00a0attempt To invalidate me. The\u00a0only\u00a0thing I\u00a0knew\u00a0how to\u00a0speak\u00a0where I didn\u2019t have\u00a0to censor, filter, or\u00a0hinder the\u00a0only\u00a0language\u00a0learning allowed at school. How could something\u00a0so\u00a0natural\u00a0be\u00a0so\u00a0wrong? 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