Week 11: Borderland Theories

After hearing the personal essay read out loud it made me feel like my in-betweenness was kind of stupid. That author went through so much, and it was so hard to hear her story, but I know that it's so important as well. I can't imagine what it feels like to be stuck in-between a place culturally. I only have an idea from friends and co-workers that are mixed or immigrated at a young age. Hearing their stories reminds me a lot of what I learned in history class and the class systems for people based on who they were descended from like mestizos. Growing up in Texas you hear a lot of people talk about "illegals" and un-documented immigrants, but they don't know the sacrifices that have to be made, and what the children of those family members go through. The fact that children are being taken away from their parents at the border is horrifying and inhumane. They are human beings not a litter of puppies. Though I am always so happy to hear of loved ones being reunited it's horrible to think that as an adult you took a child away. For no reason other than they want a better life for themselves and their families. I hope that ICE goes away, and that people don't have to live in fear much longer. Good people. Hard working people.