As reading Tan lecture and hearing Lyiscott poem they both made me feel connected to my “broken” English because both described how discrimination is not only base on race but in language too. People get discriminated and treated differently based on how they speak and some people until now still say “Speak English, we in America” it intimidates people including too since now I’m forced to speak one language when i was taught to speak two languages, one at home and one outside without having to choose one main language to choose my future. Lyiscott’s poem caught my attention the most because she specifies the main problems in language some of the lines that really caught my attention the most were “Now you may think that it is ignorant to speak broken English, But I’m here to tell you that even “articulated” Americans sound foolish to the British” and “I know I had to borrow your language because mines was stolen but you can’t expect me to speak your history wholly while mines is broken” these two main lines caught my attention because we see and hear how Lyiscott is standing up for her language what she believes, what most second language students believe as well and what I believe is to be nothing but true, being made fun off or mocked just because we speak a second language!? come on no, its a privilege to speak 2,3 or even 4 languages and have an accent which is the most beautiful thing anyone can hear coming out someones. So be happy and privileged you can speak more than one language and understand other people and help other people in need.