Living Between Two Worlds
Border Community By Valeria Barajas Hello again! Today I want to talk to you about a discourse community to which I belong and which has shaped my identity, the bilingual border community. A community of hundreds of people who live, study, work, and navigate across two countries, two cultures, two languages, and two different routines. This community is considered a discursive community because we all share common goals, the same ways of communicating, the same experiences, and a collective identity. Our goal is often the same: to live life between Mexico and the United States, adapting and thriving, while maintaining both cultures. The members of this community share the experience of crossing the border several times a week; many do so daily, whether for school, family, or work reasons. And we all understand the challenges and opportunities that come with being part of two such different worlds. We share Spanglish as a form of communication, a language that blends Englis...