Can You Lose A Language You Never Kew Analysis

The Symbolic Interaction Theory in the “Can You Lose A Language You Never Knew?” is the importance of speaking Spanish. In the article, the author explains that as she was going up, she was taught that learning the language of your home country was the “utmost importance.” According to research, “ 71 percent of self-identified Hispanic adults said that you don't need to speak Spanish to be considered Latinx,” but when she explains to people that she cannot speak Spanish, in the view of many Hispanic peers, she wasn’t Mexican-American. She was only just an American. The author states she “didn’t know” that her situation reflects the border Latinx community about “how important” it is to know how to speak Spanish. She exclaimed that she had “countless opportunities” to engage in her culture, but just like many others, had blockages such as “social pressure, stigmatization, and discrimination.” To her family, knowing Spanish is a big …show more content…
She feels ashamed when she sees or hears the disappointment of other Hispanics when they voice their disapproval of the fact that he does not speak Spanish. But Latino Americans of the second and third generation, keeping the language is about the opportunity someone gets or has to keep it. The Latin American child will most likely grown up in a home where only the first generation speaks Spanish while that child assimilates and interacts mostly of the day with the non Hispanic that he may be surrounded by at school or