Day 4

Borderlands La Frontera: The New Mestiza Lesson Plan

Discussion of Thought Questions

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    In the interview with Gloria Anzaldúa which is published in the back of the 2012 aunt lute edition of Borderlands/La Frontera, the author responds to the selective glossing over of concepts from her book, particularly by white critics and scholars: "For example, they take the passages in which I talk about mestizaje and borderlands because they can more easily apply them to their own experiences. The angrier parts of Borderlands, however, are often ignored as they seem to be too threatening and too confrontational. In some way, I think you could call this selective critical interpretation a kind of racism." What do you think are some of the angrier parts of the work, and why do you...

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