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This was a great line, because it subtly, but effectively identified the disconnect between the two cultures. Rather than go on a rant about how differing experiences caused the lack of understanding, Diaz takes a slightly indirect route. In her portrayal of the white women's fixation with the baskets, she shows how they are completely oblivious to the far more serious issue, which is the desecration of the graves of tiny Hopi babies. In many ways the description of the Hopi as barbaric reflects more clearly on the whites building the road.

#irony #subtle #clash of cultures

Quit bothering with angels, I say. They're no good for Indians. Remember what happened the last time some white god came floating across the ocean?

Abecedarian Requiring Further Examination of Anglikan Seraphym Subjugation of a Wild Indian Rezervation, Natalie Diaz

#loss #history #subjugation #discrimination

A mausoleum moscaic, a sick tapestry: the tiny remains roused from death's dusty cradle

The Faces of Art, Natalie Diaz

#manifest destiny #alliteration #cost of progress #disturbed

it hurts it points it dreams it offends it cries

"Mexican is not a Noun, Francisco X Alarcon

#personification #awareness #verb

Crossed in despair many deserts full of hope

To Those Who Have Lost Everything, Francisco Alarcon

#anewlife #commonhistory #hardlife #journey

zoelegato

ALL of you— you proper Blacks, you half-Blacks, you wish-I-weren’t Blacks, Niggeroes and Niggerenes. You.

Gwendolyn Brooks, “Primer for Blacks” (via zoelegato)

I really appreciated this quote, as it served as a successful rallying call for Brooks message. In this quote the author calls all blacks, all those who are oppressed, to join together in the struggle for equality. As this was the largest focus of black feminism, this line is especially critical.

#unity #in this together #castasidedifferences

The first real power she ever had and lined her womb with cement to make a graveyard for our children

Power Audre Lorde

#the system #disadvantages #opportunity lost #a vicious cycle

Oh mighty Drop ____And because they have given us kindly so many more of our people.

Primer for Blacks Gwendolyn Brooks

#generalization #prejudice #ingnorance #absurdity

We sing sin We thin gin

We Real Cool Gwendolyn Brooks

#struggle #conflict of interest #torn #hypocrisy

The tigers in the panel that she made will go on prancing proud and unafraid

Adrienne Rich