Mexican American Border Fence Cultural Analysis

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In my cultural as a Hispanic we see the Mexican American border fence as a cultural symbol. Not everyone sees it the same as we do. People that I know and myself personally see it as the future for us and our family. It’s something that’s always going to be there and mean the same thing for us the Hispanics. When we look at the Mexican American border we see it as something that holds our future. Its so big and tall that it stretches from end to end. We look at it and seems great and strong just letting us wait for our time. It holds something great for us on the other side. We just have to wait for our time to be able to get there. Sometimes that time doesn’t ever come but it does to our children. They are able to get to the other side of

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