Lo egoista que somos como socieded al priorizer el bien individual al bien colectira. ¡Abajo el Muro! This translates to, "How selfish we are as a society to prioritize individual good over the collective good. Down with the wall! This comes from La Frontera - The Border: An Interdisciplinary Examination by Tanya Aguiñiga. She is a Los Angeles-based artist, designer, and activist. How she gets involved and promotes her collective creation within communities by spearheading art-based advocacy projects including the Border Art Workshop/Taller de Arte Fronterizo in Maclovio Rojas, Mexico and AMBOS (Art Made Between Opposite Sides), and so much more. These words came from someone who was going to cross the border and wrote about their experience, the relationship between the U.S and Mexico, and people's mental state at the time of crossing.
In this picture I went to Mexico for the first time, the first time meeting the rest of my family, and getting to know more about the country my parents came from. But first, let me introduce myself, Hello my name is Michelle Garcia I am currently a Junior here at NJCU. I am majoring in Criminal Justice and Psychology. Tanya Aguiñiga is an inspiration and her work hits home for me because of how she represents not only herself having to cross the border to go to school but also the people living on the other side. She creates voices for those who have not been heard and for those who have lost them on the way trying to cross the border. She also shows in her work how it is like to be in the people crossing the border shoes and what they feel and sees (one of my favorite pieces is borderlands). I've heard stories from my family on how they would cross the border and how dangerous it was because they would shoot people while trying to cross. Being in Mexico is so peaceful it isn't what people portray it to be... a country of drugs and gang bangers. But one thing I could say is there is a lot of poverty and nothing to compare to the U.S because everyone seems so happy even with the little things they have. Some do want a better life and decide to cross the border over to the U.S because that's what they have always been told. A lot of work does go back and forth between her and the people living on the other side of the wall.
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