Blog 6
Anzaldua think in ways of borders, which is known as borderland consciousness. There are always borders that separate the different classes, races, religions, ect. The borders in between are the things that cause the limits. They create the limits each group has because they are closed into limited norms. She thinks that there will either always be borders and limits in our society or there will be none. It is one or the other. Anzaldua realizes that she is forced to choose who to be depending on what group she's with. She has to choose what part of her make up she needs to show more in order to fit in that time. She wants to be her whole self all the time and be accepted for that. Many people have trouble finding where they would fit in or what norm they belong to because they have so many things that make up who they are.
Lorde is a black lesbian woman. She has many different things that make up what she is as well. She sees so many limits because of the views and opinions there are that cross and interfere with eachother. They create more problems for people and create even more differences and limits. She sees oppression in different ways because she sees the black oppression, the lesbian oppression, and the women oppression. She, as well, doesn't want to have to be more of one aspect of herself than another at different times. She is who she is. She sees the differences but thinks that we need to accet and embrace the differences in order to live together and get past them.
Both these authors find many different limits that cause them to choose one over the other. They both are made up of more than one thing and they want to be able to show everything at one time. They want limits to be recognized and dealt with. They both deal with oppression everyday and deal with the limits that set people apart. They both want to have people recognize it to possibly change it one day.