{"id":3227,"date":"2020-10-04T14:10:36","date_gmt":"2020-10-04T18:10:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/ldst1010304f2019\/?p=3227"},"modified":"2020-10-04T14:10:36","modified_gmt":"2020-10-04T18:10:36","slug":"margot-roussels-blog-post-10-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/ldst1010304f2019\/2020\/10\/04\/margot-roussels-blog-post-10-5\/","title":{"rendered":"Margot Roussels Blog Post 10\/5"},"content":{"rendered":"

I am cannot help but think about how the multiple parts of Gloria Anzald\u00faa\u2019s identities intersect. Ever since learning about intersectionality and how the different parts of our identities overlap rather than add together to create how we see the world, I have been applying to my everyday life. I have been thinking about how my identities intersect and it has quickly become complicated to think about. In these excerpts from Borderlands\/La Frontera: The New Mestiza Gloria Anzald\u00faa seems to be struggling with the same thing.
\nShe is frequently thinking about how she doesn\u2019t quite know what to call herself because she is Mexican, Spanish, and American, while also having Indian and Black roots. She also talks about what it means to be Hispanic vs Chicano. She seems recognizes how hard it is to properly acknowledge and respect all the different and sometimes conflicting parts of her identity. She said, \u201cwe know we are more than nothing; we call ourselves Mexican, referring to race and ancestry;\u00a0mestizo<\/em>\u00a0when affirming both our Indian and Spanish (but we hardly ever own our Black ancestry)\u201d She talks about how her identity is constantly changing depending on who she is talking to, but despite this they have persisted. Even though her culture had been warped and beaten down by the predominantly white culture of North America, she has not lost her language or her culture. It is a powerful message of persistence, but I hope in the future it will not be this hard. I hope North American culture becomes more accepting and celebratory of other cultures.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I am cannot help but think about how the multiple parts of Gloria Anzald\u00faa\u2019s identities intersect. Ever since learning about intersectionality and how the different…<\/p>\n

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