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This translates to "like an American".
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There are more subtle ways that we internalize identifica- tion, especially in the forms of images and emotions.
Would this be watching football and arguing with your in-laws on Thanksgiving for White people?
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I remember being sent to the corner of the classroom for “talking back” to the Anglo teacher when all I was trying to do was tell her how to pronounce my name. “If you want to be American, speak ‘American. If you don’t like it, go back to Mexico where you belong.”
Gloria is talking about her experience as a student, along with the racism and discrimination she experienced. Her teacher ignored Gloria's corrections of her name and in fact told her to pretty much 'go back where she came from' and wasn't willing to change her ways but expect Gloria to.
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