

“Sometimes we also find a tendency to view everything that's indigenous as good and anything "European"-such as Spain-as evil. That view overlooks such historical realities as the Aztec empire's oppressive domination of other indigenous societies and its class system, which privileged priests and the military. That view also forgets Spain was not a typically European nation after 600 years of rule by the Moors, an Arab/Berber people from Africa.”
― De Colores Means All of Us: Latina Views for a Multi-Colored Century
― De Colores Means All of Us: Latina Views for a Multi-Colored Century

“How else do we return to ourselves but to fold
The page so it points to the good part”
― Time Is a Mother
The page so it points to the good part”
― Time Is a Mother

“Because everyone knows yellow pain, pressed into American letters, turns into gold. Our sorrow Midas touched. Napalm with a rainbow afterglow. Unlike feelings, blood gets realer when you feel it. I'm trying to be real but it costs too much.”
― Time Is a Mother
― Time Is a Mother
“Capitalism is exploitation of the people by billionaires.
Billionaires are enemies of the people.
In a better world, billionaires wouldn't exist.”
― Inside The Mind of an Introvert
Billionaires are enemies of the people.
In a better world, billionaires wouldn't exist.”
― Inside The Mind of an Introvert

“You said that today, in order to rid the world of Jews and Gypsies and all the lesser races it takes political will and ingenuity and above all superior military might. But someday, you said, all it will take will be money. Someday, money will choose the leaders and write the laws; money will protect those who work outside the law and hide the true power brokers. money will allow all that we were never able to accomplish to finally come to pass.”
― The Enigma Affair
― The Enigma Affair
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