#lachicanaredefined

Emma Tenayuca, Louisa Moreno, and Josefina Bright-- these women stood their ground in the cotton camps in the San Joaquin Valley, and were the first to be sent to Mexico by the U.S.

Chicanos are people of the Americas who have been occupied twice--first by the Spanish, then by the Anglos.

I am a woman with a foot in both worlds.

The 'unknown' is often depicted in racist literature as the 'darkness' within a person. Similarly, sexist writers will refer to fear in the form of the vagina, calling it 'the orifice of death...' And yet, the bulk of literature in this country reinforces the myth that what is dark and female is evil.

Because to remember may mean giving up whatever privileges we have managed to squeeze out of this society by virtue of our gender, race, class, or sexuality.

My lesbianism is the avenue through which I have learned the most about silence and oppression, and it continues to be the most tactile reminder to me that we are not free human beings.

We have a duty to remember our ancestors.