To All The Women And The Men

I Wanted Everything. What Could You Not Want When You Are Brown And Indian-looking In A Society In Which The White Aesthetic Is Praised As Acceptable?

Human Sexuality Has Been Regulated And Shaped By Men To Serve Men's Needs.

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.

I've Spent My Whole Life In Chicago Being Asked Where Am I From, So That I Have A Sense Of Displacement That Also Is Very Psychologically Disorienting.

According To Our Social Pyramid, All Men Who Feel Displaced Racially, Culturally, And/or Because Of Economic Hardships Will Turn On Those Whom They Feel They Can Order And Humiliate, Usually Women, Children, And Animals--just As They Have Been Ordered And Humiliated By Those Privileged Few Who Are In Power. However, This Definition Does Not Explain Why There Are Privileged Men Who Behave This Way Toward Women.