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“Sometimes opposites attract, or so they say, but Paloma and Rocío were like arroz and mangú: they didn’t really mix well.”

Family Opposites Sisters Family Relationships Family Drama Sisterhood Hispanic Dysfunctional Families Family Saga Sisters Sibling Rivalry Latinas Latino American Latina Americans

Book:Bird of Paradise: How I Became Latina

Source: Bird of Paradise: How I Became Latina

“Negro no significa peligroso, blanco no significa basura, marrón no significa contrabandista, musulmán no significa terrorista, mujer no significa débil y LGBT no significa enfermo. Estos son los fundamentos que debemos comprender si queremos construir una sociedad justa y humana.”

Feminismo Derechos Humanos Justicia Social Lucha Por La Igualdad Viva La Revolución Homosexualidad Homofobia Racismo Sistémico Latino American Terrorista

Book:Boldly Comes Justice: Sentient Not Silent

Source: Boldly Comes Justice: Sentient Not Silent

“We call ourselves Mexican-American to signify we are neither Mexican nor American, but more the noun 'American' than the adjective 'Mexican'...This voluntary (yet forced) alienation makes for psychological conflict, a kind of dual identity— we don't identify with the Anglo-American cultural values and we don't totally identify with the Mexican cultural values. We are a synergy of two cultures with various degrees of Mexicanness or Angloness. I have so internalized the borderland conflict that sometimes I feel like one cancels out the other and we are zero, nothing, no one. A veces no soy nada ni nadie. Pero hasta cuando no lo soy, lo soy.”

Culture Identity Immigrant Hispanic American Latino American

Book:Borderlands/La Frontera: The New Mestiza

Source: Borderlands/La Frontera: The New Mestiza

“Perhaps finding out that we carry New World history in our genes will transcend racial checkboxes altogether and enable Latino-Americans to rethink what America is supposed to look like.”

Race New World Race Relations Hispanic Race In America Latino American Hispanic Identity Latino American Identity Race Matters New World History

Book:Bird of Paradise: How I Became Latina

Source: Bird of Paradise: How I Became Latina

“Llegué a acostumbrarme a matar para subsistir. Para mí era como lo que usted siente cuando, hambriento, ve un plato con cerdo asado sobre la mesa”

Inspirational Vampires Latino American

Book:Blaine: Crónicas de un vampiro real

Source: Blaine: Crónicas de un vampiro real