Quote by Gloria Anzaldúa: “Our culture has been bled of its spirituality. The white culture has cut off our cultural roots.”

Anzaldúa laments the loss of spiritual connection and cultural heritage due to colonial influence. She argues that dominant white culture actively severed the deep-seated traditions and roots of indigenous and Chicano people, causing profound spiritual and cultural harm.

At a time of heightened awareness of cultural appropriation and the lasting impacts of colonialism, Anzaldúa's work directly critiqued the destructive forces that stripped away indigenous and Chicano spirituality and culture.

Chicana cultural theorist and writer whose 1987 work Borderlands/La Frontera: The New Mestiza became foundational to Chicana feminism, queer theory, and postcolonial studies. She theorized the 'borderlands' as both a physical place and a psychological and spiritual condition of those who live between cultures.