Quote: "Often... we'll speak english as a neutral language. Even among Chicanas we tend to speak English at parties of confrences. Yet, at the same time, we're afraid the other will think we're agringadas because we don't speak Chicano Spanish. We oppress each other trying to out-Chicano each other, vying to be the 'real' Chicanas, to speak like Chicanos.

Question: Would you say the struggles of Chicana oppression both in and out of their specific community creates a counteracting conflict? It seems as though they don't want to embrace their roots in society but do in their own communities. They also seem to want to embrace the feminine plural of Chicanas but also hinder their independence by striving to model Chicanos.