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Cherrie Moraga is an American writer known for her contributions to Latinx literature. Her works often explore issues of gender, race, and class, particularly the experiences of Latinx women.

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“But it is not really difference the oppressor fears so much as similarity.”

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Book:Loving in the war years: lo que nunca pasó por sus labios

Source: Loving in the war years: lo que nunca pasó por sus labios

“Our strategy is how we cope--how we measure and weigh what is to be said and when, what is to be done and how, and to whom and towhom and to whom, daily deciding/risking who it is we can call an ally, call a friend (whatever that person's skin, sex or sexuality). We are women without a line. We are women who contradict each other.”

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Author:Cherrie Moraga

“Oppression does not make for hearts as big as all outdoors. Oppression makes us big and small. Expressive and silenced. Deep and dead.”

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Book:Loving in the war years: lo que nunca pasó por sus labios

Source: Loving in the war years: lo que nunca pasó por sus labios

About the Author

Born: September 25, 1952
Known for: Writer
Quotes: 19

Books & Sources

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