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Queer Borderlands and Brown Commons - Anzaldua, Perez, Munoz - Coggle…

- - - - the practice of writing bilingually models how to think pluralistically
      - mita y mita
      - "What we are suffering from is an absolute despot duality that says we are able to be only one or the other" ( 19) - this is about being locked into identities; this helps us name and see tthe idea of identity and becoming in Ari and Dante**: "everyone is always becoming someone else" (300)
    - - this is important to develop because it's hard to be caught between folks' and culture's wants and needs; you have to adjust how you act and react in multiple cultural spheres: "Me entra una rabia cuando alguien--sea mi mama, la Iglesia (15) - naming the rage of being pulled into different reactions ; using Spanish first is personal, it belongs to her, it also is about creating communities of understanding
  - - - contrasted with the fear of going home and the toll on the body.
- - - - we make assumptions about the meanings of these documents out of context
      - legal documents are shaped by social factors