span 2550 midterm

Question 1

“Some did assimilate/In de United States/They got rid of de accent/Tho whenever they spoke/That will always unmask them!/But de majority/Kept their identity/Never did lose their accent!/They were proud not ashamed/Of their Boricua names/If you don’t believe ask them”.

Answer 1

• El Spanglish National Anthem
• Pedro Pietri
• This quote explores the theme of assimilation and how keeping one’s accent is a form in which immigrants resist assimilation, and preserve their culture. It also covers how even those who do drop their accents, are still identifiable as latinxs when they speak, reminding the reader that while you can hide parts of who you are, unlike an accent, your identity is not something you can lose.