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We’re afraid the others will think we’re agringadas because we don’t speak Chicano Spanish. We oppress each other trying to out-Chicano each other, vying to be “real” Chicanas, to speak like Chicanos. There is no one Chicano language just as there is no one Chicano experience.
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The either/or proposition that forces you to choose between your community and, say, your country has never been true. The very skills we learn to cross borders within ourselves help us to cross borders toward others outside our community.
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― Nepantla Familias: An Anthology of Mexican American Literature on Families in between Worlds
― Nepantla Familias: An Anthology of Mexican American Literature on Families in between Worlds
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