Likewise, Moraga discusses the generalizations made of her Chicana mother s culture by Caucasians using both social and economical aspects. First of all, Mexicans are regarded as lower class people who are called wet-backs by society. Moraga is different because she is anglocized and her mother considers the family upper class. Most Mexican-Americans are notorious for illiteracy and speaking only Spanish, and having these deficiencies in a dominant white culture means being less. But Moraga broke that stereotype personally by educating herself and speaking only English.
Whites assume that poverty-stricken areas only run in Mexican communities.
Contrary to the latter, Moraga lived well adopting the white ideals that guaranteed a prospering future. Although lesbianism is conventionally Anglo and not Chicano, she reveals her identity by announcing her sexuality and opposing the Mexican stereotype. Ultimately, Moraga willingly accepted the Anglo-ways resists the construction of a subservient race. Both Rodriguez and Moraga resist racial constructions made by the Anglos by opposing the Mexican race. The writers straddle to leave behind social and economical aspects that trail Mexicans between a superior and inferior society.