RACISMO Y TRAUMA: FRONTERAS, CURACIÓN AMBIVALENTE Y ESPERANZA.

This article examines the relationship between trauma and racism, focusing on the experiences of Latinx women in the United States. It utilizes theologian Shelly Rambo's assertion that trauma is an open wound and the concept of the US-Mexico border as an open wound by Chicana theorist Gloria Anzaldúa. The article questions what concepts of healing can be derived from living in a state of perpetual otherness and what they could offer to Christian theologies attempting to respond to the traumas of racism. It explores Anzaldúa's complex concept of healing, which is based on ambivalence and radical hope expressed through spiritual and political practices of resistance and solidarity. The article also highlights the racist construction of "illegality" and the separation of immigrant families at the border, as well as other examples of horrors perpetuated in the name of border protection. It raises the question of what concepts of healing can arise from living in a state of perpetual otherness and what spiritual practices can contribute to a sense of resilience. It suggests that spiritual activism is crucial on the path of knowledge and healing. [Extracted from the article]