Section 2, Race and Nation, Anzaldua

"La Conciencia De La Mestiza: Towards New Consciousness", Gloria Anzaldua

1. A Struggle of Borders; the counterstance is limited by what it is reacting against, to move beyond one must stand on both shore or proceed to a new land
   
2. A Tolerance for Ambiguity; la mestiza learns to juggle cultures, to operate in pluralistic mode, with the possibility of uniting all the separate parts under a new consciousness
   
3. The Crossroads; as a product of crossbreeding, the mestiza has no homeland and yet all countries are hers, is cultureless and the creator of culture