The Homeland - WCT8
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The first chapter of Gloria Anzaldua's book Borderlands La Frontera is entitled "The Homeland, Aztlan El Otro Mexico." "The US-Mexican border," Anzaldua states, "is where the third world grates against the first and bleeds." A homeland consciousness is about remembering origins and not defining oneself based on a reaction to the legitimized subject.
The anglo inhabitants of the United States illegally invaded and annexed Mexican territory. The new border was officially created February 2, 1848 with the signing of the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo. The new borderline left 100,000 Mexican citizens without a homeland. The promise to reimburse these people with their land was never kept. Our video mirrors the effect of the Guadalupe-Hidalgo Treaty with the eviction of the Isla Vista residents to Conquest Housing. Just as the Mexican Citizens were left without a home, so were the former Isla Vista residents.
The anglo inhabitants of the United States illegally invaded and annexed Mexican territory. The new border was officially created February 2, 1848 with the signing of the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo. The new borderline left 100,000 Mexican citizens without a homeland. The promise to reimburse these people with their land was never kept. Our video mirrors the effect of the Guadalupe-Hidalgo Treaty with the eviction of the Isla Vista residents to Conquest Housing. Just as the Mexican Citizens were left without a home, so were the former Isla Vista residents.
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