As a Latina woman myself, I found Anzald\u00faa\u2019s work very personal. She speaks of the struggles of being a Hispanic-American and not knowing or having much of an identity. I have found myself in similar thoughts throughout my life. I am too gringa for the people in my homeland, but too Latina for the gringos. This is something I have discussed with my Hispanic-American friends. It is a struggle that most of us face. Living inside your culture in a different country\u2019s culture can be very difficult, confusing, and frightening.<\/p>\n
Anzald\u00faa mentions immigration patrol, which is a fear and a huge reality within the community. Today we live in a social climate where being by simply being part of the Latinx community, people assume that you\u2019re a rapist, drug dealer, exploiter, and illegal. It is a sad bias and what\u2019s even sadder is seeing the President of the United States reinforce those ideas. Whenever I tell people I am from Latin America, the first question I get is: But you\u2019re a legal resident, right? I find that question to be completely inappropriate because it is simply none of anyone\u2019s business, but also it is rude to just ask that. It is so rare to see that question being asked of European immigrants or even Asian immigrants. There is this idea that all Latinx people are immigrants and illegal immigrants at that. Because of that idea, most Hispanics live in constant fear of ICE and the government in jail. Your grandma, your uncle, or even your parents can be taken away from you and sent away forever at any moment. Immigration is also a silent argument because the only people who have a say are the citizens, and citizenship often takes ten+ years to achieve. Hence, people live silent and in fear until they can get a piece of paper that will make them be seen as humans and worthy of fair treatment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
As a Latina woman myself, I found Anzald\u00faa\u2019s work very personal. She speaks of the struggles of being a Hispanic-American and not knowing or having…<\/p>\n