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"Mother, when I sinned, did I do it for you?" - Dorotea Reyna

"As Ybañez has written, 'A community needs help in remembering their history, so what better way than through art?' "

"Daughters of a sure-burning sun."

"Tejanas were great at getting to change where it matters: for instance, in how babies come into this world."

"It wasn't a hard choice; racism was so extreme in that time and place. We didn't have to waste time debating political issues. You either worked to do something about it or you didn't."

"In a moment's flash and predictably to their surprise, they get de-individualized into the "undeserving minority" category."