What do you understand for “border thinking”? Share an example to
illustrate the
What do you understand for “border thinking”? Share an example to illustrate the
answer.Which term do you think better contains the Latino American and Spanish
Caribbean immigrant experience in the US, Latino/Hispanic or Latinx? Explain why?At this
particular time, when nationalism and fences are arising in the world, the “linguistic
terrorism” (Anzaldúa) challenges this narrative. Morales’s article reveals that intolerance
toward foreign languages resides also inside the Latinx community.The opposition to
different language registers creates conflict and undermine the “other”. Moreover, this
opposition is extensive to Spanish and English speakers; to the ones who use the “perfect
Spanish” versus the “broken Spanish” or Spanglish. How do the authors mentioned in the
article positioned themselves toward the use of language? Select one of them and elaborate
your response (Piri Thomas, Tato Laviera, Sandra María Estévez or Junot Díaz).Which other
topic caugth your attention in the reading? Share your thoughts with the class?