{"id":10107,"date":"2022-01-18T13:58:58","date_gmt":"2022-01-18T19:58:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/?p=10107"},"modified":"2025-10-09T12:16:41","modified_gmt":"2025-10-09T17:16:41","slug":"el-lenguaje-liberador-de-las-cartas-de-amor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/es\/2022\/01\/18\/the-liberating-language-of-love-letters\/","title":{"rendered":"El lenguaje liberador de las cartas de amor"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fws_69e8002a33eb9\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row\"  style=\"padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; \"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\" data-bg-animation-delay=\"\" data-bg-overlay=\"false\"><div class=\"inner-wrap row-bg-layer\" ><div class=\"row-bg viewport-desktop\"  style=\"\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12 col span_12 dark left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-2 vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone\"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-8 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col padding-3-percent inherit_tablet inherit_phone\"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mi padre, Jos\u00e9 Juan, naci\u00f3 en una monta\u00f1a de M\u00e9xico y fue tra\u00eddo a este mundo por una mujer llamada Rufina. Ella era la comadrona que viv\u00eda en las tierras en las que \u00e9l creci\u00f3 en Zacatecas, y estuvo al lado de mi abuela durante su largo y agotador parto. Lobatos es un peque\u00f1o pueblo cerca del municipio de Valpara\u00edso, con una poblaci\u00f3n de menos de 2.000 habitantes. A casi 1.800 millas de distancia, en un peque\u00f1o rinc\u00f3n del norte de Illinois, se encuentra Dekalb, el lugar al que mi padre acabar\u00eda traslad\u00e1ndose con mi madre para criar a sus tres hijas. Mi padre dec\u00eda que fue el destino quien le trajo a Dekalb, una ciudad conocida por su logotipo de la espiga de ma\u00edz voladora. Recuerda haber visto ese mismo logotipo impreso en cajas importadas en Valpara\u00edso, y supo que alg\u00fan d\u00eda la ciudad significar\u00eda algo para \u00e9l.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"templatera_shortcode\">\n\t\t<div id=\"fws_69e8002a35f46\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row vc_row-o-equal-height vc_row-flex vc_row-o-content-middle small\"  style=\"padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; \"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\" data-bg-animation-delay=\"\" data-bg-overlay=\"false\"><div class=\"inner-wrap row-bg-layer\" ><div class=\"row-bg viewport-desktop\"  style=\"\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12 col span_12 dark left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone border_color_909090 border_style_solid\"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<div id=\"fws_69e8002a36b3a\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row vc_row-o-equal-height vc_row-flex vc_row-o-content-middle large top_margin_20px bottom_margin_20px\"  style=\"padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; \"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\" data-bg-animation-delay=\"\" data-bg-overlay=\"true\"><div class=\"inner-wrap row-bg-layer\" ><div class=\"row-bg viewport-desktop\"  style=\"\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row-bg-overlay row-bg-layer\" style=\"background: #FFFFFF; background: linear-gradient(90deg,#FFFFFF 0%,#FFFFFF 100%);  opacity: 1; \"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12 col span_12 dark left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col padding-3-percent force-phone-text-align-center inherit_tablet inherit_phone border_top_desktop_1px border_bottom_desktop_1px border_color_FFFFFF border_style_solid\"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"fws_69e8002a3722e\" data-midnight=\"\" data-column-margin=\"default\" class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row inner_row vc_row-o-equal-height vc_row-flex vc_row-o-content-middle\"  style=\"\"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\"> <div class=\"row-bg\" ><\/div> <\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12_inner col span_12  left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-7 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col child_column no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone\"   data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t<h4 id=\"news-that-puts-power-under-the-spotlight-and-communities-at-the-center\"><strong>Noticias que ponen el poder en el punto de mira y a las comunidades en el centro.<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Suscr\u00edbase a nuestro bolet\u00edn gratuito y reciba actualizaciones dos veces por semana.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\t\t<\/div> \n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div style=\"margin-top: -20px; \" class=\"vc_col-sm-5 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col child_column neg-marg no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone\"   data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\n\t<div class=\"wpb_raw_code wpb_raw_html wpb_content_element\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"_form_1\"><\/div><script src=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.bluelena.io\/f\/embed.php?id=1\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/div> \n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">El destino obr\u00f3 su magia a trav\u00e9s de los anuncios personales del <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><i>Chicago Sun-Times<\/i><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> y uni\u00f3 a mis padres, dos personalidades muy diferentes convertidas en una sola pareja. A punto de cumplir los veinte y con poca suerte con las citas (y sintiendo la creciente presi\u00f3n de unos padres que cre\u00edan que el hijo mayor deb\u00eda casarse no s\u00f3lo joven, sino el primero), mi padre hab\u00eda decidido buscar una nueva conexi\u00f3n mediante un anuncio. Mi madre, nativa de South Sider, nacida y criada en Pilsen, respondi\u00f3 a su anuncio presionada por una compa\u00f1era de su trabajo de oficina en el centro de Chicago.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-2 vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone\"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t<div id=\"fws_69e8002a39121\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row article-image\"  style=\"padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; \"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\" data-bg-animation-delay=\"\" data-bg-overlay=\"false\"><div class=\"inner-wrap row-bg-layer\" ><div class=\"row-bg viewport-desktop\"  style=\"\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12 col span_12 dark left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone\"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-with-aniamtion-wrap center\" data-max-width=\"100%\" data-max-width-mobile=\"default\" data-shadow=\"none\" data-animation=\"fade-in\" >\r\n      <div class=\"inner\">\r\n        <div class=\"hover-wrap\"> \r\n          <div class=\"hover-wrap-inner\">\r\n            <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-with-animation skip-lazy\" data-delay=\"0\" height=\"100\" width=\"100\" data-animation=\"fade-in\" src=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/220114_VanessaBorjon-web-5b.jpg\" alt=\"Foto del instituto de Jos\u00e9 Juan Borj\u00f3n\"  \/>\r\n         <\/div>\r\n      <\/div><span class=\"vc_figure-caption ccfic-text media-caption\">Foto del instituto de Jos\u00e9 Juan Borj\u00f3n tomada en 1977 en Lobatos, M\u00e9xico. <\/span><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t<div id=\"fws_69e8002a39ed1\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row\"  style=\"padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; \"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\" data-bg-animation-delay=\"\" data-bg-overlay=\"false\"><div class=\"inner-wrap row-bg-layer\" ><div class=\"row-bg viewport-desktop\"  style=\"\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12 col span_12 dark left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-2 vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone\"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-8 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col padding-3-percent inherit_tablet inherit_phone\"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Su romance surgi\u00f3 a trav\u00e9s de las cartas. Aunque muy diferentes, mis padres tienen al menos dos cosas en com\u00fan: el amor por la palabra escrita y un comportamiento m\u00e1s bien introvertido. En persona, mi padre pod\u00eda ser un hombre de pocas palabras, pero a trav\u00e9s de sus cartas era capaz de captar la atenci\u00f3n y el coraz\u00f3n de mi madre. Sus cartas sol\u00edan ir firmadas: \"Por siempre tu chato\" (chato es un t\u00e9rmino cari\u00f1oso para referirse a una persona con la nariz chata). Al cabo de un tiempo, acordaron una cita y se vieron por primera vez en el Popeyes de la calle 26 con California.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Como millennial de primera generaci\u00f3n que ronda la veintena, he aprendido a lo largo de los a\u00f1os que salir con alguien es agotador. Al imaginarme a mi padre, de 25 a\u00f1os, desplomado en el vestuario de la f\u00e1brica donde trabajaba, anhelando una conexi\u00f3n pero sin saber c\u00f3mo encontrarla, he sentido algo de ese mismo aislamiento. Quiz\u00e1 de la misma manera que los anuncios personales del <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chicago Sun-Times<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> parec\u00eda el \u00faltimo recurso para conocer a alguien, tambi\u00e9n lo es crear un perfil en una aplicaci\u00f3n de citas.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t<div id=\"fws_69e8002a3ab2e\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row article-image\"  style=\"padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; \"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\" data-bg-animation-delay=\"\" data-bg-overlay=\"false\"><div class=\"inner-wrap row-bg-layer\" ><div class=\"row-bg viewport-desktop\"  style=\"\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12 col span_12 dark left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone\"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-with-aniamtion-wrap center\" data-max-width=\"100%\" data-max-width-mobile=\"default\" data-shadow=\"none\" data-animation=\"fade-in\" >\r\n      <div class=\"inner\">\r\n        <div class=\"hover-wrap\"> \r\n          <div class=\"hover-wrap-inner\">\r\n            <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-with-animation skip-lazy\" data-delay=\"0\" height=\"100\" width=\"100\" data-animation=\"fade-in\" src=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/220114_VanessaBorjon-web-4.jpg\" alt=\"Rosa Maria Borjon y Jose Juan Borjon apoyados el uno en el otro en un dia frio en el Lago Michigan en Chicago\"  \/>\r\n         <\/div>\r\n      <\/div><span class=\"vc_figure-caption ccfic-text media-caption\">Rosa Mar\u00eda Borj\u00f3n y Jos\u00e9 Juan Borj\u00f3n en el lago Michigan en 1989 en Chicago, Ill. <\/span><span class=\"media-credit\">Foto cortes\u00eda de Vanessa Borjon<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t<div id=\"fws_69e8002a3b931\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row\"  style=\"padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; \"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\" data-bg-animation-delay=\"\" data-bg-overlay=\"false\"><div class=\"inner-wrap row-bg-layer\" ><div class=\"row-bg viewport-desktop\"  style=\"\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12 col span_12 dark left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-2 vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone\"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-8 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col padding-3-percent inherit_tablet inherit_phone\"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">En la universidad, donde mi alcance y mi visi\u00f3n del mundo se ampliaron mucho m\u00e1s all\u00e1 de los confines de mi ciudad natal, sent\u00ed curiosidad por las populares aplicaciones de citas que utilizaban mis amigos y compa\u00f1eros de clase. Yo las utilizaba con gran \u00e9xito, haciendo swipe, matching y planeando citas. Pero no me satisfac\u00edan. Las aplicaciones de citas est\u00e1n pensadas para que aparezcan y se interact\u00fae con ellas como si fueran juegos al estilo de Candy Crush o Words with Friends, lo que significa que no est\u00e1n necesariamente pensadas para crear una conexi\u00f3n significativa. A menudo me he sentido apurado por responder a alguien, intercambiar n\u00fameros o mantener el inter\u00e9s. Los usuarios de Bumble, por ejemplo, s\u00f3lo tienen un tiempo determinado para responder a una pareja antes de que desaparezca permanentemente de tu pantalla. Tan r\u00e1pido como alguien puede pasar de ser un \"match\" a una cita y a alguien de quien hablar a tus amigos, con la misma rapidez se desvanece en las trincheras olvidadas de la lista de contactos de tu m\u00f3vil.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-2 vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone\"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t<div id=\"fws_69e8002a3c881\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row article-image\"  style=\"padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; \"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\" data-bg-animation-delay=\"\" data-bg-overlay=\"false\"><div class=\"inner-wrap row-bg-layer\" ><div class=\"row-bg viewport-desktop\"  style=\"\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12 col span_12 dark left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone\"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-with-aniamtion-wrap center\" data-max-width=\"100%\" data-max-width-mobile=\"default\" data-shadow=\"none\" data-animation=\"fade-in\" >\r\n      <div class=\"inner\">\r\n        <div class=\"hover-wrap\"> \r\n          <div class=\"hover-wrap-inner\">\r\n            <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-with-animation skip-lazy\" data-delay=\"0\" height=\"100\" width=\"100\" data-animation=\"fade-in\" src=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/220114_VanessaBorjon-web-1.jpg\" alt=\"Vanessa Borjon, a la derecha, con su actual pareja Michael Bayler abrazados en la acera y sonriendo\"  \/>\r\n         <\/div>\r\n      <\/div><span class=\"vc_figure-caption ccfic-text media-caption\">Vanessa Borjon, a la derecha, con su actual pareja Michael Bayler en octubre de 2021 en Chicago, Ill. <\/span><span class=\"media-credit\">Foto cortes\u00eda de Vanessa Borjon<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t<div id=\"fws_69e8002a3d593\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row\"  style=\"padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; \"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\" data-bg-animation-delay=\"\" data-bg-overlay=\"false\"><div class=\"inner-wrap row-bg-layer\" ><div class=\"row-bg viewport-desktop\"  style=\"\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12 col span_12 dark left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-2 vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone\"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-8 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col padding-3-percent inherit_tablet inherit_phone\"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tal vez el culpable de mi insatisfacci\u00f3n -y lo que imagino que es un sentimiento compartido entre mis compa\u00f1eros, especialmente los solteros BIPOC- sea la interfaz de las propias aplicaciones de citas. OkCupid tiene una funci\u00f3n integrada para buscar solteros por categor\u00edas como raza, ubicaci\u00f3n y sexo, que puede ser \u00fatil pero tambi\u00e9n excluyente. Otras aplicaciones utilizan <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wired.co.uk\/article\/racial-bias-dating-apps\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">algoritmos m\u00e1s insidiosos que filtran a los usuarios en funci\u00f3n de los datos<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> de c\u00f3mo se utiliza la aplicaci\u00f3n, lo que puede significar que los prejuicios raciales dejen a\u00fan m\u00e1s marginados a los solteros BIPOC. Pero, \u00bfc\u00f3mo podr\u00eda captar la complejidad de una doble identidad como hijo de inmigrantes de primera generaci\u00f3n?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Al crecer en una peque\u00f1a ciudad del Medio Oeste, a menudo sent\u00eda que mi identidad oscilaba entre la cultura que exist\u00eda en nuestro hogar y la cultura de mis aulas de habla inglesa. Mis compa\u00f1eros utilizaban eufemismos que yo desconoc\u00eda y, cuando los utilizaba incorrectamente, se re\u00edan y me preguntaban: \"<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00bfDe d\u00f3nde es usted?<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">?\" Aunque crec\u00ed visitando a familiares que viv\u00edan en la ciudad, no era nativa de Chicago como mi madre. Y como primog\u00e9nita por parte de padre, llamar a M\u00e9xico mi \"madre patria\" me parec\u00eda poco sincero. Me sent\u00eda sola, alienada y, a menudo, como si me aferrara a una identidad que ni siquiera pod\u00eda nombrar o que no me pertenec\u00eda.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Puede que mis frustraciones con las aplicaciones de citas fueran las mismas que experiment\u00f3 mi padre cuando se plante\u00f3 publicar su anuncio en el <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sun-Times<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. En una carta que nos escribi\u00f3 a mis hermanas y a m\u00ed cuando mis padres se sintieron preparados para compartir la historia de su relaci\u00f3n, dec\u00eda: \"Al empezar mi turno de noche en la f\u00e1brica, escudri\u00f1\u00e9 la cafeter\u00eda vac\u00eda y vi un peri\u00f3dico sobre una mesa. Era el <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chicago Sun-Times<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Odiaba este peri\u00f3dico. No hab\u00eda nada interesante. Nada m\u00e1s que historias aburridas\". Mi padre se sent\u00eda excluido de las historias del peri\u00f3dico, invisible. Es un sentimiento com\u00fan entre los inmigrantes: Si nos vemos reflejados en los medios de comunicaci\u00f3n, a menudo se nos encasilla en un relato monol\u00edtico que sabemos que no puede captar la plenitud y la diversidad de lo que somos.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-2 vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone\"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t<div id=\"fws_69e8002a3e640\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row article-image\"  style=\"padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; \"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\" data-bg-animation-delay=\"\" data-bg-overlay=\"false\"><div class=\"inner-wrap row-bg-layer\" ><div class=\"row-bg viewport-desktop\"  style=\"\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12 col span_12 dark left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone\"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-with-aniamtion-wrap center\" data-max-width=\"100%\" data-max-width-mobile=\"default\" data-shadow=\"none\" data-animation=\"fade-in\" >\r\n      <div class=\"inner\">\r\n        <div class=\"hover-wrap\"> \r\n          <div class=\"hover-wrap-inner\">\r\n            <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-with-animation skip-lazy\" data-delay=\"0\" height=\"100\" width=\"100\" data-animation=\"fade-in\" src=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/220114_VanessaBorjon-web-3b.jpg\" alt=\"Texto en cursiva de Rosa Mar\u00eda Borj\u00f3n describi\u00e9ndose a s\u00ed misma en una carta\"  \/>\r\n         <\/div>\r\n      <\/div><span class=\"vc_figure-caption ccfic-text media-caption\">La carta que Rosa Mar\u00eda Borj\u00f3n escribi\u00f3 en 1989 en respuesta al anuncio de Jos\u00e9 Juan Borj\u00f3n en el Chicago Sun-Times. <\/span><span class=\"media-credit\">Foto cortes\u00eda de Vanessa Borjon<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t<div id=\"fws_69e8002a3f452\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row\"  style=\"padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; \"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\" data-bg-animation-delay=\"\" data-bg-overlay=\"false\"><div class=\"inner-wrap row-bg-layer\" ><div class=\"row-bg viewport-desktop\"  style=\"\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12 col span_12 dark left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-2 vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone\"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-8 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col padding-3-percent inherit_tablet inherit_phone\"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He tenido m\u00e1s \u00e9xito en las aplicaciones de citas cuando he conocido a personas que tambi\u00e9n han valorado la lentitud de construir una relaci\u00f3n, ni siquiera necesariamente rom\u00e1ntica. Sin darme cuenta, estaba recreando el romance epistolar de mis padres. Tuve una pareja anterior con la que compart\u00eda un amor mutuo por la escritura y, a lo largo de nuestra relaci\u00f3n, dimos prioridad a esta lenta forma de comunicaci\u00f3n. De este modo, pod\u00edamos sacar nuestros pensamientos, anhelos y la sempiterna etapa de conocer a alguien. Esa relaci\u00f3n ha terminado, pero sigue siendo un faro de c\u00f3mo me gustar\u00eda que nos conect\u00e1ramos m\u00e1s: sin prisas y con cari\u00f1o. Esta ex pareja tambi\u00e9n era inmigrante, y quiz\u00e1 supimos que la mejor manera de captar y compartir la totalidad de lo que somos era a trav\u00e9s de la escritura de cartas. Eso no es algo que se pueda hacer con las limitaciones de una aplicaci\u00f3n de citas.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Me resulta curioso, y quiz\u00e1 obra del destino, que mi actual pareja creciera en una ciudad a\u00fan m\u00e1s peque\u00f1a y menos conocida que Dekalb, y a menos de 30 minutos de distancia. A pesar de esta proximidad, nuestros or\u00edgenes raciales y culturales son muy diferentes entre s\u00ed. Al crecer, \u00e9l se parec\u00eda a sus compa\u00f1eros de clase, pero yo no pod\u00eda decir lo mismo de m\u00ed. En el espacio que nos separa, en el que nuestras identidades nunca coincidir\u00e1n, a\u00fan podemos conocernos y, a su vez, valorarnos. Aunque esta relaci\u00f3n puede a\u00f1adir otra capa al viaje de comprensi\u00f3n de mi propio yo, su lentitud me parece liberadora en la forma en que estoy obteniendo respuestas.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-2 vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone\"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t<div id=\"fws_69e8002a4040b\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row\"  style=\"padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; \"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\" data-bg-animation-delay=\"\" data-bg-overlay=\"false\"><div 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