The Education of Hopey Glass, Milena gets the job for a new local spanish show called "NOPALES NOPALES" because she's "Rubia. Flaca" and Vivian does not. Although it's hard to distinguish color in this comic book, Milena has white hair and Vivian has black hair, and that could be a clue that Milena got the job because she's white. Since blonde hair is more common in white people, similar to black hair is common in Latinos and Latinas.

In Down These Mean Streets, Piri spends most of his life figuring out why he's treated differently for being a dark skin Latino. His father influences his perspective that not being white is a bad thing. Everyday in his life, Piri tries to find comfort as a Puerto Rican, however he's always mistaken to be African American. Piri tells his father "I'm black, and it don't make no difference whether I say good-bye or adios - it means the same." (147) to make him realize that his color does not have an impact on his personality, culture, or behavior, he's always going to be Piri from Puerto Rico.

In Junot Diaz's "Monstro", the author opens the story by showing the conflict between Haiti and the Dominican Republic, "At first, Negroes thought it funny. A disease that could make a Haitian blacker? It was the joke of the year". This form of colorism is mainly based on the conflict between both islands, however dark Dominicans are also treated badly compared to the ones who have lighter skin. This is common is almost all Spanish speaking countries and also shown in Piri Thomas' "Down These Mean Streets".

Gloria Anzaldúa's "Borderlands/La Frontera: The New Mestiza", talks about how Americans started to colonize Mexico's land by attacking them at the boarder and on their own properties. At one point, the author shares about how in "U.S, a man or a women can make eight times what they can in Mexico" (32). In Mexico, it was difficult to live comfortably because of the exploitation from the United States and because of the "infusion of the values of the white culture" (32). Due to this unfair treatment in Mexico, they had to either work and die in Mexico or move to the United States and live. This is a result of white people with money taking over land that isn't theirs and providing little benefits for the people who are native to the land, similarly to how they took over land from the Native Americans.

In Down These Mean Streets by Piri Thomas, readers come across favoritism within the children and their father due to color of their skins. Piri states that even though they "get all the same food and clothes, anything and everything", he still feels like he receives a different kind of treatment from his father compared to his other siblings (22). Although Piri and his father struggles with this issue throughout the whole book, the connection between Piri and his Family always stays close, before and after his time in prison. Their culture is what keeps them together since in Latino culture, family is the most important thing anyone can have.

In How The Garcia Girls Lost Their Accent by Julia Alvarez, the parents of Carla, Sandra, Yolanda, and Sofia try their hardest to keep their family together and especially connected to their Dominican culture. In the story, the author states that the daughters "would be sent summers to the Island so [they] wouldn't lose touch with la familia" (109). Culture and family is very important in this book because once the girls were no longer connected to their Dominican culture, they would no longer have a connection with the rest of their family who stayed in the Dominican Republic after The Garcia family moved to the United States.

Revolt Of The Cockroach People displays how much machismo plays apart in the Chicano Movement. Throughout the whole book, the author illustrates how women are sexualized rather than being an important part in the Chicano Movement. At one moment, Black Eagle asks Armida if she's going to have sex with all the guys and her response was "You had you chance... I thought we were going to have a meeting. Aren't we here to prepare for the goddamn trial?"(66). The machismo reflects on the actions from the males during the movement, vicious and disrespectful.

In How The Garcia Girls Lost Their Accent, machismo is shown through the father and enforces this personality trait on his daughters. The narrator states "Warnings were delivered communally, for even though there was usually the offending daughter of the moment, every woman's character could use extra scolding" (28). The daughters knew to not go against what their father's rule and this theme is constant throughout the book within the Garcia family and the Latino culture.

"The Education of Hopey Glass" shows a different perspective on this issue due to the fantasy world the comic book series takes place in. Their world involves real life situations, but also includes super heroes and norms that are not common in the Latino culture, such as lesbian and gays in the Latino culture.