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3.15 Urrea p. 350

Urrea p. 350

Q 3.15 Urrea p. 350 How does Urrea manage to cross the social class and cultural borders in order to truly understand and relate to the poor? Instructions: 1. Write a short intro where you respond to the question in one or two sentences (keep in mind the project themes). 2. In the body of your response support your answer by referring to a specific passage from the reading in your own words. 3. Keep in mind the guidelines for understanding the reading and writing a good post. 4. Comment on one other post, elaborating, clarifying, or giving examples. 5. Extra points for responding to a comment on your initial post.

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Urea managed to cross the social class and cultural borders in order to truly understand and relate to the poor by evening the playing field by relating the poor and more dangerous traits about the borders. It’s so hard to believe just across the border that all of that was going on. In the passage, “Across the Wire” by Luis Alberto Urea, it states “You still face police corruption, violence, jail. You now also have a wide variety of new options available to you: drugs, prostitution, white slavery, crime. Tijuana is not easy on newcomers.