“Hispanic gives us all one ultimate paternal cultural progenitor: Spain. The diverse cultures already on the American shores when the Europeans arrived, as well as those introduced because of the African slave trade, are completely obliterated by the term. Hispanic is nothing more than a concession made by the U. S. legislature when they saw they couldn't get rid of us. If we won't go away, why not at least Europeanize us, make us presentable guests at the dinner table, take away our feathers and rattles and civilize us once and for all.” IfsGivingWellsMadeCultureTermSawsDiversityUltimateTablesTradeSlaveDinnerGoing AwayWhy NotShoreGuestsDiverseFeathersSpainLegislatureHispanicConcessionsCultural DiversityDinner TableSlave TradeDiverse Cultures Author:Ana Castillo
“Catch me, as if I have surely been out committing a violation against you, my sin of insisting on existing without you.” IfsSinViolationWithout YouInsistingCatch Me Book:Loverboys Source: Loverboys
“Once innocence--an all too-brief state of being, if such a one exists--encounters experience, it is transformed. If that transformation is understood, it becomes knowledge. And if that knowledge is employed, then it becomes wisdom.” IfsStatesUnderstoodTransformationInnocenceEncountersTransformedEmployed Author:Ana Castillo
