Gloria Anzaldua discusses the border as a geo-political reality and a metaphorically struggle that Chicano minorities are continuously dealt with. Anzaldua refers to a geo-political reality as the actual border that exists between America and Mexico. Being that there’s a border between the two countries, political issues arise such as immigration policies, which are still being altered to this day. Anzaldua describes the border as a metaphor by referring to the internal struggle inside a Chicanx individual between having to choose an identity whether to be an American or Mexican along with their corresponding characteristics and communities that are associated with their identity. She includes how communities are separated from one another
