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“You cross a border because you are searching, because you want more, because you want to match where you are with who you are, because you want to test your place. Maybe because you want to expand your sense of place. You are searching for something that may as yet be indefinable. A border crosser questions the very idea of home.”

Borders Latinx Border Crossing Mexican Americans Borderlands Hispanic Literature Nepantla Chicanos

Book:Nepantla Familias: An Anthology of Mexican American Literature on Families in between Worlds

Source: Nepantla Familias: An Anthology of Mexican American Literature on Families in between Worlds

“I believe we have reached a point where those of us who belong to this culture of la frontera in Ysleta and El Paso are not content to sit back and watch others tell us who we are. We know who we are, and we ourselves can tell others about what we love and what we fear and what we hate and what can save us. I believe our community has developed that confidence to step forward and start taking responsibility for the many images that are projected in the name of Ysleta and El Paso.”

Mexican American Border Chicano Sergio Troncoso Immigration Experience Mexican Americans Borderlands Immigrant Values Chicanos El Paso Texas

Book:Crossing Borders: Personal Essays

Source: Crossing Borders: Personal Essays

“We’re afraid the others 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 “real” Chicanas, to speak like Chicanos. There is no one Chicano language just as there is no one Chicano experience.”

Identity Chicano Chicana Internalized Racism Chicanos

Author:Gloria Anzaldúa

“I get up in the morning every day because I want to read and see our voices on the page. I want to see them in libraries. I want to be writing stories about our community as a proud Chicano but also as a writer who has expertly crafted stories so that everybody will appreciate a different perspective. I want to show others that we have the ability to tell complex, innovative, even shockingly revolutionary stories that open people’s eyes.”

Writing Process Writing Craft Mexican American Chicano Sergio Troncoso Chicanos

Book:Nobody's Pilgrims

Source: Nobody's Pilgrims