Borderlands

Why are Mexican's copping out of?

• Spanish Side

• Indigenous Side

• Mexican Side

• European Side

Why would Mexicans want to cop out?

• Society pressuring them to not own their identity.

• They want to be white.

• Because being Mexican has economic hardships.

• Being Spanish makes life easier.

Define Hispanic

• A mixed race

• people with Latin American roots regardless of language spoken, excluding Spain or people who have origins in Latin American countries such as Haiti or Brazil.

• people with ancestry from Spain and Spanish speaking countries in Latin America or people who have origins in Spanish speaking countries.

• Mexican living in the U.S.

How did Anzaldua hold on to her identity?

• holding on to being Caucasian.

• Connecting to Mexican culture

• Connecting to the Spaniards

• Connecting to America

According to the passage the author would most likely agree that:

• Mexicans want to deny who they are

• One's identity can encompass multiple cultural influences

• One's identity is not defined by being Mexican

• Mestizas are not true Mexicans

What is the definition of Latino?

• A mestiza

• people with ancestry from Spain and Spanish speaking countries in Latin America or people who have origins in Spanish speaking countries

• Mexican origin living in the United States.

• people with Latin American roots regardless of language spoken, excluding Spain or people who have origins in Latin American countries such as Haiti or Brazil.

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According to the passage, the author would most likely agree that:

• Cultural identity is solely determined by nationality

• It is important to forget where you are from

• It is important to completely assimilate into one culture

• One's identity can surround multiple cultural influences