Cristal Montes and Elyssa Humfeld

Bowden: It is disturbing to me that Borders everywhere attract violence, violence prompts

fences, and eventually fences can mutate into walls. (226)
Brooks: I agree, and furthermore, The United States might be a diverse nation when
considered as a whole, but block by block and institution by institution it is a relatively
homogeneous nation. (2)
Solnit: While its true that the United States is a diverse nation, I cant help but wonder if I would
still be a turista in my own city. For example, In Chinatown, I am mistaken for a tourist from
Spain or Argentina.
Lam: There are many, many diverse people in the Bay Area. The entire world comes to the Bay
Area, and the Bay Area, in return, assimilates the world.
Brooks: I agree that the Bay Area is diverse, but geography is not the only way we find
ourselves divided from people unlike us. (4)
Bowden: A border wall seems to violate a deep sense of identity most Americans cherish.
(227) For example, the wall that separates Naco, Arizona and Sonora. Ultimately, the wall is
meant to control the movement of people, so we interfere with people associating with one
another.
Lam: Perhaps places outside of California should try to be more diverse because it has been
intensified by the degree of interactions, and by the rate of change we are all experiencing due
to the forces of globalization.
Brooks: What we are looking at here is human nature. People want to be around others who
are roughly like themselves. Thats called community. (5)