Las hijas de Juan Quotes

“She must’ve realized something was amiss. ˝ A multiplicity of questions have been asked about Amá’s blame in the process. Typically, this is an expression of the patriarchal expectations that universalize an image of a caring mother on whose skin we etch the blame for the wrongs in the family.”
― Josie Mxe9ndez-Negrete, Las hijas de Juan: Daughters Betrayed

“Judge Chargin’s judgment derided Mexicans as animalistic and without morals, and I believed myself to belong to that herd of depraved subhumans of which he spoke. Yet, the activists and leaders in our community who took positions against him gave me another perspective. Their actions allowed me to interrogate and resist the scarlet mark that Chargin so venomously stamped on my people and me.”
― Josie Mxe9ndez-Negrete, Las hijas de Juan: Daughters Betrayed