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Latinx Literature (Race (Ethnicity (How the Garcia Girls Lost Their…

- - - - "None of the maids liked Chucha because they all thought she was kind of below them, being so black and Haitian and all"
    - - "The world did not want another brown,
        another slant-eyed-olive-indian-black-child."
  - - - "Cause, Poppa, him, you and James think you're white, and I'm the only one that's found out I'm not. I tried hard not to find out. But I did, and I'm almost out from under that kick you all are still copping out to. Poppa, what's wrong with not being white? ... We gotta have pride and dignity, Poppa; we gotta walk big and bad. I'm me and I dig myself in the mirror and it's me. ... I'm black, and it don't make no difference whether I say good-bye or adios - it means the same."
- - - - "They overlooked that cleansing fountain of nature and brotherhood which is Joaquin. The art of our great señoras, Diego Rivera, Siquieros, Orozco, is but another act of revolution for the salvation o mankind. Mariachi Music, the heart and soul of the people of the death, the life of the child, and the happiness of love. The corridor tell the tales of life and death, of tradition, legends old and new, of joy, of passion and sorrow of the people-who I am.
- - - - "AmeRícan salutes all folklores, we gave birth to a new generation, European, Indian, black, Spanish, and anything else compatible"
- - - - "Colonized, and hypnotized, be something, sterilized, dehumanized, be something. We'll take your pay and stay out the way, be something. "
- - - - "They died broke
        They died owing
        They died never knowing
        what the front entrance
        of the first national city bank looks like"
    - - "Even when you slept over at some other kids house, it was almost like being in your own house. They all had kids, rats, and roaches in common."