“ It doesn't matter who you are or where you come from or what you look like or who you love. It doesn't matter whether you're black or white or Hispanic or Asian or Native American or young or old or r… Barack Obama
“ Hey, How about you ditch those losers and come with us. We'll show you a real good time, one of them shouts through the window.Fuck off, Doug shouts.One of the guys stumbles out of the car and advanc… Simone Elkeles
“ There is no more an enthusiastic advocate of legal immigration in the U.S. Senate than I am, and that is a message that resonates powerfully in the Hispanic community. Ted Cruz
“ One time, a 16-year-old member of Vicente’s group risked his safety trying to save a captive Texas girl, who had been seized by Comanches while taking clothes to wash at a stream near her house. Noel Marie Fletcher
“ But Anja. I hear Anja's voice. Maybe I am insane. I hear her crying. I see her alone in the trees. I remember being alone and humiliated. I remember, too, the fat little boy hiding in the bathroom. An… Sergio Troncoso
“ It’s a great honor, m’ijo. We know that. I’m sure everyone in Ysleta is proud of you. But this is who you are," she said, for a moment scanning the dark night air and the empty street. A cricket chirp… Sergio Troncoso
“ A group of ten prisoners from Dachau, I was with them, we hid in the forest to wait for the Americans. The Germans had already left everything behind. We had food but no weapons. For days we could hea… Sergio Troncoso
“ Foisting an identity on people rather than allowing them the freedom and space to create their own is shady. Raquel Cepeda
“ Sometimes opposites attract, or so they say, but Paloma and Rocío were like arroz and mangú: they didn’t really mix well. Raquel Cepeda
“ Perhaps finding out that we carry New World history in our genes will transcend racial checkboxes altogether and enable Latino-Americans to rethink what America is supposed to look like. Raquel Cepeda
“ A good writer should be able to communicate to the reader, 'I know your life. I know what you have truly experienced. It’s not right or wrong. It’s survival. It’s making mistakes, and trying to redeem… Sergio Troncoso
“ Are Latino-Americans white? Black? Other? Illegal aliens from Mars? Or are we the very face of America? Raquel Cepeda
“ ...being Latino means being from everywhere, and that is exactly what America is supposed to be about. Raquel Cepeda
“ 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
“ Papi, I don't know what to do anymore." Lourdes begins to cry. "No matter what I do, Pilar hates me.""Pilar doesn't hate you, hija. She just hasn't learned to love you yet. Cristina García
“ I held Angie Luna in that room for hours, and I remember the different times we made love like epochs in a civilization, each movement and every touch, apex upon abyss. In the luxury of our bed, we tr… Sergio Troncoso
