Latinos Quotes

“Foisting an identity on people rather than allowing them the freedom and space to create their own is shady.”
― Raquel Cepeda, Bird of Paradise: How I Became Latina

“I smile and say, thank you,' because the rudest thing you can do to a Mexican lady is refuse her food—might as well spit on a picture of La Virgen de Guadalupe or turn the TV off during Sábado Gigante.”
― Erika L. Sánchez, I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter

“Join my gang, the better whites. It's an open ethnocrypto network, basically we're latinos & mediterraneans and don't trust cash”
― stained hanes, 94,000 Wasps in a Trench Coat

“Join my gang, the better whites. It's an open ethnocrypto network, basically we're latinos & mediterraneans and don't trust cash.”
― stained hanes, 94,000 Wasps in a Trench Coat

“Same for the classic SF novels I grew up reading; Latinos weren't being written about, either. Did we die out in those futures? Did we not make it? Were we purposefully excluded?

Sometimes, we must write ourselves into the futures we want before we're left out of them by someone else.”
― Pedro Íñiguez, Mexicans on the Moon: Speculative Poetry from a Possible Future

“it's vital to avoid a longtime error of leftist politics, starting with Marxism: failure to understand the powerful role in human society of subjective forces such as spirituality. That failure has opened the door wide to right-wing manipulation of spiritual hunger. That failure undermines the possibility of mobilizing masses of Latinos/as for whom faith has been an affirmation of heart in a heartless world. The bottom line in any organizing for social justice needs to be respect for others' needs, including spiritual needs.”
― Elizabeth Martínez, De Colores Means All of Us: Latina Views for a Multi-Colored Century

“Forty years ago, the Young Lords stepped to the forefront. They organized, advocated, took militant action to let the world know about the deplorable living conditions of Puerto Ricans and Latinos, they inspired Puerto Ricans and Latinos to organize and take to the streets in communities across the United States.

(2009 speech)”
― Iris Morales, Through the Eyes of Rebel Women: The Young Lords, 1969-1976

“Drawing on earlier conventional ethnic types in newspapers, theater, literature, photography, and advertisements, the new medium of motion pictures perpetuated them and gave rise to new variants. The overriding negative images of Mexicans and Latinos in general in Hollywood motion pictures became a staple of its earliest western films.”
― Luis I. Reyes, Viva Hollywood: The Legacy of Latin and Hispanic Artists in American Film

“Many well-known screen actors and actresses changed their names to match the screen images created by the Hollywood dream factories and to distance themselves from their ethnicities.”
― Luis I. Reyes, Viva Hollywood: The Legacy of Latin and Hispanic Artists in American Film

“Latinx artists both in front of and behind the cameras are committed to creating entertaining, compelling stories, unforgettable characters, and indelible images of humanity that will bring a greater understanding of the society and the world we live in. They have a long history in the evolving art of motion pictures since its inception and are taking a more prominent place in the present and future of Hollywood and the world’s cinematic landscape.”
― Luis I. Reyes, Viva Hollywood: The Legacy of Latin and Hispanic Artists in American Film

“Back when the motion picture industry was still open, there were no unions or craft disciplines, and opportunities were available to anyone who could do the job. Latins have been a vital part of the industry since this era. As the different production film entities out West in Hollywood grew larger, consolidated, and gradually unionized, social hierarchy and pressures took a stronger hold in the Hollywood community and industry that initially allowed regular—albeit restricted—opportunities for employment in the movies.”
― Luis I. Reyes, Viva Hollywood: The Legacy of Latin and Hispanic Artists in American Film

“Bodies slumped outside
grungy, crumbling tenements,
brown skin fading into translucence;
molecular degradation,
they're becoming as invisible as they feel
to a failing nation.”
― Pedro Íñiguez, Mexicans on the Moon: Speculative Poetry from a Possible Future

“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