What do Sen. Ted Cruz, Oscar-winning actor Ariana DeBose and a puzzled kid stumbling to answer questions on live TV have in common? They’re all Latinos who’ve been shamed for the way they speak ...
My first language was Spanish. I used to speak it fluently when I was little. For some of my childhood, I lived in a duplex house with my grandparents. Spanish was the only language my grandparents ...
Helen Dorado Alessi’s mom grew up with parents who didn’t speak Spanish to her at home, even though both had moved stateside from Puerto Rico, where Spanish is the dominant language. Her mom was ...
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I’ve discovered something fascinating about how Spanish speakers in Philadelphia address each other and communicate through public signs. The discovery is part of my research on language patterns in ...
Priscilla Blossom photographed with her 9-year-old son. Priscilla Blossom, a Nicaraguan- and Mexican-American, grew up speaking Spanish but felt pressured to assimilate and would sometimes only ...
The author, right, with her sister, left, and her mother. Her mother was graduating with her master's degree in Spanish literature. (Courtesy Judy Bolton-Fasman) Language is blood; language is family.
Ιf you asked a multilingual friend which language they find more emotional, the answer would usually be their mother tongue – the one they used while growing up and probably still use at home. This ...