Anzaluda's Loss Of Identity

Anzaluda’s mixture of Spanish and Indian culture pulls her in different directions and away from her primary culture. This metaphorical whirlwind causes a loss of identity, and it forces her assimilate to Caucasian culture in order to be accepted in society. When a person has biological parents of different races and ethnicities, that child experiences life as a racially-mixed individual. Essentially, the child is straddling the racial, cultural social and economic divide between two worlds. He or she child does not actually have a mental or sometimes physical safe space to which they can feel that they belong. Even in the company of their own “people,” these children feel a constant sense of otherness. When a person lacks a single, firmly established identity, they run the risk of becoming lost in the chasms between worlds. In a sense, this means that these people are devoid of an actual a place that they can feel strongly rooted in and call home.

Some people say that being a mestiza can be beneficial, but in reality, it can cause a tremendous amount of confusion for the person who belongs to a mix culture. In order to be able to belong to a specific group, once must often have a set identity that the group perceives as a common bonding element. When people are of mixed races it is often difficult to make friends as well, because they struggle with identifying themselves in terms of socially acceptable labels due to their multi-racial background. People usually form their own set of groups to associate with. A mixed person can often feel the stings of oppression, even from their own people. They also find categorizing themselves into a certain group to be an extremely difficult