Analysis Of To Live In The Borderlands Means You By Gloria Anzaldua

The idea I took from “To live in the Borderlands Means You” Written by Gloria Anzaldua. The author grew up around U.S and Mexico borderlands. The poem explains facts that happen in the borderlands such race, politics and culture. The poet talks about the difficult living in the borderlands, struggling to fit in. The author uses a different language through her poem to show that It’s okay to speak a different language when moving to a new culture. The author also talks about how it’s okay to mix different race and culture, into one pot. She stated “put chile in the borscht, eat whole wheat tortillas, speak Tex-Mex with a Brooklyn accent; be stopped by la migra at the border checkpoint” ( Anzaldua, 4). She used food as a symbol of mixing of