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“The Gringo, locked into the fiction of white superiority, seized complete political power, stripping Indians and Mexicans of their land while their feet were still rooted in it. Con el destierro y el exilo fuimos desuñados, destroncados, destripados - we were jerked out by the roots, truncated, disemboweled, dispossessed, and separated from our identity and our history.”

Quote by Gloria E. Anzaldúa

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Gloria E. Anzaldúa

Gloria E. Anzaldúa was a distinguished scholar in Chicana and feminist studies. Born on September 26, 1942, and passing away on May 15, 2004, Anzaldúa's work centered on the intersections of race, gender, and sexuality. She is most famous for her seminal book 'This Bridge Called My Back: Writings by Radical Women of Color'. more

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