“The majority of Latin actresses in Hollywood were always playing either spitfires or maids. Now here is a woman who comes in and does leads opposite white people and black people and other Spanish people, and she's comfortable in her skin? Gasp! How dare she?” PeopleDoeBlackWhiteComfortableHollywoodSkinsOppositesMajorityDareActressesLatinBlack PeopleMaids Author:Rosie Perez
“Nobody wants to know a colored woman's opinion about her own status of that of her group. When she dares express it, no matter how mild or tactful it may be, it is called 'propaganda,' or is labeled 'controversial.' Those two words have come to have a very ominous sound to me.” KnowsWantMayTwoMatterSoundBlackOpinionGroupsDarePropagandaBlack WomenControversialOminous Book:A Colored Woman in a White World Source: A Colored Woman in a White World