Sherman B. Mason
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America's Language Bigotry
Recently, I read an enlightening, but very disturbing piece of literature entitled Mother Tongue. The piece told a story of a woman and her daughter Amy and their struggle with verbalized communication in America. Amy Tan, author of Mother Tongue, told a story of her mother being treated differently by the hospital that conducted her CAT because of the “broken English” her mother spoke. This heart-wrenching scenario was compounded by Tan’s father and brother passing away previously from the same tumors her mother was being seen for. The discriminatory behavior of this hospital was heinous, and their conduct should have been analyzed on a legal level. This kind of treatment is rightfully reprimanded when it comes to nursing homes or daycare so the same level of scrutiny should be exacted in all other medical facilities. The livelihood of someone should not be jeopardized in the very space they are seeking healing, especially for something like speaking a different language natively.
By Sherman B. Mason4 years ago in The Swamp