Between The Sun And Poverty There Was

Poverty Has Its Advantages. When You're That Poor What Would You Have That Anyone Would Want? Except Your Peace Of Mind. Your Dignity. Your Heart. The Important Things.

It Is An Absolute Impossibility In This Society To Reversely Sexually Objectify Heterosexual Men, Just As It Is Impossible For A Poor Person Of Color To Be A Racist. Such Extreme Prejudice Must Be Accompanied By The Power Of Society's Approval And Legislation. While Women And Poor People Of Color May Become Intolerant, Personally Abusive, Even Hateful, They Do Not Have Enough Power To Be Racist Or Sexist.

Mexico. Melancholy, Profoundly Right And Wrong, It Embraces As It Strangulates.

People Like To Think Of Themselves As Purists, But There Is No Such Thing As Purity, When There Exists So Much Contact.

I Had Serious Reservations About Putting My Son In The Public Schools In My Area. I Have A Tremendous Amount Of Fear For The Future Of My Boy. He's Nine-and- A-half And Dark-skinned. By The Time He's 12 Or 13, Who Knows Who He's Going To Be Identifying With In These Days When You Get Shot Down For Wearing Expensive Nikes To School...i've Heard That If A Latino Makes It To 19 Years Of Age, He Has A Good Chance Of Surviving Into Adulthood. Up Until Then, You Don't Know.