Anzaldua

"But more than we count the blows, we count the days the weeks the years the centuries the aeons until the white laws and commerce and customs will rot in the deserts they've created, lie beached."  pg. 44 anzaldua

It seems to me that Anzaldua is trying to fight fire with more fire, and instead of putting out the fire, she instead stubbornly keeps pouring on gasoline.  The way she stereotypes all Americans as Anglo, when we have 75 million people of color in the U.S. just really makes me mad.  Sure the U.S. has made its fair share of mistakes, but it just seemed like Anzaldua blamed the U.S. for her location growing up.  She states how she is not whole because all the various dialects she has acquired have made her fragmented.  In the U.S. though we would just say she is well-rounded.  This is like the opposite of what I would call good reading, it is not meant for the enjoyment of the reader, but its aim is instead to incite an illicit response. 

I picked this particular quote because I feel that it does a good job of illustrating my views on Anzalduas' writing.  Another thing I didn't like was the way she threw in all of her dialects into the paper.  I think it made it choppy and distracting.  Overall I just really did not like this paper, but maybe it was because I got barely any sleep and I’m just grumpy right now, I don't know.  Packer game was awesome btw.