Q/D #10

"And I had plenty of empirical evidence to support me: the fact that people in department stores, at banks, and at restaurants did not take her seriously, did not give her good service, pretended not to understand her, or even acted as if they did not hear her." (2)

Due to "broken' English, people get the wrong impression of being able to disrespect you or not take you seriously. Amy Tan guides us through her mothers disadvantage of having 'limited" English and being mistreated by people of which are there to help you, such as doctors. This hit close to home for me because my mom does speak "broken" English and I have witnessed her getting mistreated and not taken seriously because of that. Like Amy Tan, I had to step in and speak in perfect English, gaining respect from the offenders who disrespected my mother, in order to get her what she was asking for because an immigrant mother who came into a new country and was learning a new language couldn't get what she needed because some people think they're far superior to helping an immigrant who can barely speak the language.