Discussion Questions: Borderlands This week you have two readings with a total of 14 questions. You must answer at least 7. You have to answer at least ONE question from each reading/documentary. Textbook: Ch. 6 Borderlands & 21st-century Mexicans DQs Herbert Bolton is considered the “father” of borderlands history. How did he describe or conceptualize the borderlands? Why did southern Texas become rife with violence following the Texas Declaration of Independence and the Mexican–American War? How has the border region both changed and remained the same over time? What was the purpose of the Border Industrialization Program (BIP)? Despite the goal of curbing bracero unemployment, what was the reality of the BIP? What reasons does Simon cite for Mexico’s historic lack of enforcement of environmental law? What is the leading cause of environmental destruction in the Lower Rio Grande Valley and what problems have developed as a result? What is “garbage imperialism”? How is Mexico impacted versus the United States? What is the “1.5 generation”? From where is this term derived? How are mixed-status family dynamics impacted by family members’ variances in citizenship status? According to Lorella Praeli, directory of United We Dream, what five key lessons have Dreamers learned from earlier social movements? Gloria Anzaldua, Borderlands/La Frontera: The New Mestiza, Chapter 1: The Homeland, Aztlan: El Otro Mexico According to Anzaldua, why are borders established? Why are Mexicans returning to their “homeland” in the US Southwest? What is life like for those who are able to make it across to the United States?