Jacqiline M. Martinez's Phenomonology of Chicana Experience & Identity is a an account of her life taken from a semiotic phenomenological standpoint. She grew the child of a Mexican but was raised as a white person. While at the same time she was a Mestiza. She prides herself on being just that, a mix between the races. Based on the latter, she derives her citation offered in the question. Being partly from an oppressed race, where she is hated by the Mexicans for being partly European, and hated by the Europeans for not being totally Anglo, she wishes to "bridge the borders" created from years of harsh sentiment towards the Mestiza. She feels that the Mestiza can do this because of her advantageous position, as was stated in the previous statement.
             Gloria Anzaldua offers an example to help illustrate the Mestiza's peculiar condition. On page 103 of Borderlands, Anzaldua states that, "...like corn, the Mestiza is a product of crossbreeding designed for preservation under a variety of conditions." This variety of conditions can be seen as either a Mexican community or an Anglo community. In her quote Martinez states that the Mestiza can bridge the borders to destroy the intersubjective violence and free the oppressed intrasubjectivity that is trying to survive. This quote is basically stating that the Mestiza has the ability to eradicate the divide between the Mexicans and the Anglos. And, by doing this, there can be a new form of thinking free of the "deadening forces" created by racism. Martinez tries to reach the knowing- unknown stage with her familial upbringing and racial/ ethnic identity. However, she realized that one need not choose a racial side in her situation. Instead, at this juncture is where Martinez will attempt to "bridge the borders." This is accomplished by developing a tolerance for the thought offered previously concerning Martinez realizing that she and other ...