I was born in Latin America, Antônia. Do you think people in Brazil sit around debating their latinidade? No, they just are, existing, next to each other. I don’t think I even said the word latino until I moved to this country. You are just as Brazilian as I am, as your father is, and your grandparents before us. Don’t let people who don’t understand the sum of our experience try to define yours. I craved that kind of confidence, that kind of right to my heritage.
