
Borderlands/ La Frontera by Gloria Anzaldua was very interesting to read. When I first started to read it I did not think that I was going to like it. But as I finished the reading I found that it gave me a different perspective on how Latinos must feel when that come to America. Then it got me thinking that nowadays it is the Latino’s that feel this way. However, in years past it was different minorities. People feel that they cannot walk in two different worlds and still be part of America. People feel that they have to give up a part of themselves to be American if you are an immigrant of any kind.
In the paper that we read by Anzaldua she states that “it is not enough to stand on the opposite river bank, shouting questions, challenging patriarchal, white conventions.” I think she is trying to say that you cannot change things if you are on the outside look in, you have to participate to get things to change.
Anzaldua also states, “The possibilities are numerous once we decide to act and not react.” This quote is very versatile it can be used for everyone that has had or is going to have a problem. Once you become active in finding an answer to a problem then you have to right to complain if the outcome does not turn out in your favor, but you do not have the right to complain about anything if you are just a bystander and do not like the way things turn out. To have a say you have to let your voice be herd.
The reading this week is geared to the Latino movement but if you look deep enough you can find where if the minority was changed to a different group it would work for anyone. This I find very interesting. All minorities are part of La Frontera. Each minority has had to stand up for their rights.