Border, Frontera, y El Otro Lado?
Posted September 19th, 2007by Irma Flores-Manges
These three little words bring up different feelings in me. Border makes me think about being imprisoned, marginalized, and disenfranchised. Frontera reminds me of the frontier untamed, not cultured, and uncouth. El otro lado, as we always called Nuevo Laredo, was connecting with family, and a continuation of my world. I use all three words [...]
