Latina Quotes

“I guess it all depends on whom you ask and when you ask. Race, I've learned, is in the eye of the beholder.”
― Raquel Cepeda, Bird of Paradise: How I Became Latina

“I never wanted to be saved, just loved in ways that would make the Gods jealous.”
― Nancy Arroyo Ruffin, Coming Undone

“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.”
― Sergio Troncoso, Nepantla Familias: An Anthology of Mexican American Literature on Families in between Worlds

“who has time to dream about butterflies in a world of caged birds?”
― Ana Silvani, Half Love: Metade Amor - Bilingual Poems (English & Portuguese). An immigrant poetic journey and her pondering about life, love and loss

“If a guy has a thing for black women - jungle fever.

If a guy has a thing for asian women - yellow fever.

If a guy has a thing for indian women - curry craving.

Is there a term for having a thing for white women? What about latina woman?

For white women: Calcium deficiency? White delight? Snowburn? Mayo madness? Reverse-colonialism? Racism? The other white meat?

Empanada ecstacy? Guacamole grip? Tostones temptation? Arepa amor? Cafe con leche? A taste for churros? Sofrito satisfaction? Cortez' revenge? Catholocism? Arroz con pussy? Chile con culo?”
― stained hanes, 94,000 Wasps in a Trench Coat

“The silver flask called to him.
Blue Coyote Motel”
― Dianne Harman Author

“I don't want you to talk to me like that, Dale...! You're not my father... I've never thought of you as a replacement for my father...! (Latina)”
― CHIROLU, If It's for My Daughter, I'd Even Defeat a Demon Lord Manga, Vol. 2

“I love you. I've always, always loved you. You've never been a 'father' to me, but you've always been the most precious person to me, and the one I loved most of all...! (Latina to Dale)”
― CHIROLU, If It's for My Daughter, I'd Even Defeat a Demon Lord Manga, Vol. 2

“El problema de localizar fotografías confirma la indiferencia ante la presencia de las mujeres en la historia, cosa que se refleja constantemente en los medios, libros, archivos históricos, museos y bibliotecas universitarias.
The problem of locating photos often confirms the indifference to women’s presence in history, as reflected in the media, books, historical records, museums, university libraries.”
― Elizabeth Martínez, 500 Years of Chicana Women's History / 500 Años de la Mujer Chicana: Bilingual Edition

“In challenging traditional gender relations, many Chicana activists were accused of being lesbians, 'white identified,' narcissistic, and antifamily.”
― Cristina Beltrán, The Trouble with Unity: Latino Politics and the Creation of Identity

“1980s feminism focused on questions of difference and making the category of women more inclusive”
― Cristina Beltrán, The Trouble with Unity: Latino Politics and the Creation of Identity

“The way the girls used the word, "chueca" stood for bent lives, bent minds -- not the narrow, straight existence that girls were expected to have. Not these girls -- abused by drunken fathers, humiliated by scornful mothers, beaten by raging brothers. They were pushed into all kinds of shape by forces stronger than their innocence could withstand. They also felt harder than most girls, survivors, who took the worst beatings, sexual assaults, putdowns, and were still able to stand up without tears and declare, "You ain't changed me."

Their hearts were bent, but not broken.”
― Luis J. Rodríguez, The Republic of East L.A.

“The US education system works well, just not for lower-SES students, it's said. Ravitch and friends would take credit for successes in the segment of the population where educational quality has less impact and relinquish responsibility for the children for whom educational quality matters most. Rather than focusing narrowly on the undeniably large role of poverty in poor achievement, we might also focus on the undeniably large role that education could play in improving outcomes.”
― Mark Seidenberg, Language at the Speed of Sight

“In truth, the Greek system made me more aware of my Latinidad on a daily basis than ever before. When you're Brown in a predominately white environment, your otherness tends to be mirrored back to you more often than not.”
― Alejandra Campoverdi, First Gen: A Memoir