US schools physically disciplined children for speaking Spanish

Evidence

Anzaldua also recalls the ramifications of being caught speaking Spanish, or the act of embodying the “other” nonwhite side: “I remember being caught speaking Spanish at recess - that was good for three licks on the knuckles with a sharp ruler. 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” (Anzaldua, 1999:75). Language becomes a type of bad behavior, if not mode of life that must be controlled. — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 2503

Categorization

• XREF: Parallels the corporal punishment and dress-code policing in ‘Complaints About Immodesty’ and ‘On Sacrifice’ — the body as site of cultural discipline.