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Title: "Movimientos de redeldia y las culturas que traicionan" from Borderlands/La Frontera: The New Mestiza by Gloria Anzaldua
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Anzaldua did not feel secure when white culture and her own culture were critical of her. Because women of color were estranged from their culture, they were unable to act and feel safe within the inner life of her Self (Anzaldua 42). Women of color were unfairly given a choice to either blame the culture and people in power and fall victim or become in control of oneself... Showed first 250 characters
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Women of color were unfairly given a choice to either blame the culture and people in power and fall victim or become in control of oneself.
Gloria Anzaldua as a queer, considered herself as two in one body, both a male and female. Individuals, who were considered half and half, represented the issue of queers as focuses of judgment by society... Showed next 250 characters
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