"Why and When We Speak Spanish in Public"

My second research component I chose was the “Why and When We Speak Spanish in Public” article by Myriam Marquez. I chose this scholarly source because I thought it was interesting and it really brought into my perspective that giving up your native tongue is similar to saying that you are ashamed of who you are or where you come from. I utilized Myriam’s article while observing how my “coded language” differs in other communities and realized that no matter how different it feels to use different language dialects, I should use what I feel most comfortable with because it is my linguistic identity.