“Try as we will to be culturally aggrieved by day, we find the gringos kind of attractive in the moonlight.”

— Richard Rodríguez

Brown : The Last Discovery of America (2003)

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American journalist and essayist 1944

Dawud Wharnsby (1972) Canadian musician

Beating the drums of hope and faith (2004)
Context: We all want to fit into a culture, a community; we want to find a home, security, freedom of faith and lifestyle but these days all those things are threatened. We don’t know whether the "freedom" in our western democracies means "free of domination" or "free to dominate". Muslim youth are confused and searching for answers. Some are looking towards rigid traditionalism, others to more secular approaches. Many of us are left wondering what is right and what is wrong.

“Oh, for Christ's sake,' I hear. 'Can we please just try to have a good time?' This is like ordering someone to find you attractive, and it doesn't work. I've tried it.”

David Sedaris When You Are Engulfed in Flames

Source: When You Are Engulfed in Flames

“In Europe, it doesn't matter if you're a man or a woman - we make love with anyone we find attractive.”

Marlene Dietrich (1901–1992) German-American actress and singer

“What they have implanted here, which is really a 'gringo' custom, is terrorism. They disguise children as witches and wizards, that is contrary to our culture.”

Hugo Chávez (1954–2013) 48th President of Venezuela

Hugo Chávez on Halloween. http://www.breitbart.com/news/na/051101005143.9f6752nt.html
2005

“When we left El Segundo Barrio across the street from the international border, we didn’t expect the Mexicans in California to act like gringos. But they did. We were outsiders because of geography and outcasts because we didn’t speak English and wore short pants. And so we had to fight every single day.”

Oscar Zeta Acosta book Autobiography of a Brown Buffalo

Source: Autobiography of a Brown Buffalo (1972), p. 77.

“Pub culture does not suit our country and hence we should try to control it. We should not sell our tourism on pub culture.”

Shripad Yasso Naik (1952) Indian politician

On pub culture in Goa, as quoted in " Pub culture needs to be controlled: Tourism minister http://www.livemint.com/Politics/RfmbkAe4cjK98SuqoAshSM/Pub-culture-needs-to-be-controlled-Tourism-minister.html", Live Mint (13 July 2014)