Richard Rodríguez (1944) American journalist and essayist
Brown : The Last Discovery of America (2003)
“I think: what is my responsibility to my roots-both white and brown, Spanish-speaking and English? I am a woman with a foot in both worlds; and I refuse the split. I feel the necessity for dialogue. Sometimes I feel it urgently”
This Bridge Called My Back: Writings by Radical Women of Color, Fourth Edition (2015)
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