Third World grates against the first and bleeds. And before a scab forms it hemorrhages
again, the lifeblood of two worlds merging to form a third country-a border culture. Borders
are set up to define the places that are safe and unsafe, to distinguish ur from them. A border
is a dividing line, a narrow strip along a steep edge. A borderland is a vague and
undetermined place created by the emotional residue of an unnatural boundary. It is in a
constant state of transition. The prohibited and forbidden are its inhabitants. Los atravesados …