Between The Sun And Poverty There Was

I Was Just, Like, Not At All The Office Type; I Was The Artist Type.

I Think The Possibilities Are Endless In Terms Of What The Genre Would Be Like. However, In Terms Of Looking For Sources Of Money, I Think We Have To Be Very Careful Not To Fall Into Hollywood's Commodification Of Chicano Culture. We Could Look At The Example Of Piri Thomas, A Successful Puerto Rican Writer Now Living In The Bay Area, Who Has Received Repeated Offers From Hollywood...and He Said He's Not Going To Write About His People Doing Drugs And Going To Jail.

Whatever It Is That People Find That They Want To Work On They Also Have To Remember That They Are Human Beings And They Need To Save Some Time For Themselves For Personal Growth, For Mental Health, For Their Families, Their Loved Ones So That They Will Have The Strength To Continue Doing That Work.

My Mamá Grande, A Tiny Mayan Woman, Took Me Aside When I Was An Adolescent And Told Me Several Things That Didn't Make A Bit Of Sense To My Young And Inattentive Ears, And As Young People Tend To Waste All Attempts Of Our Elders To Relay To Us Wisdom Accumulated Over The Decades, I Thought My Mamá Grande Had A Few Mice In The Attic.

Many European Countries Are Fascinated With Minorities From The United States. They Still See This Country As A World Power And They Covet That Power...i Was Approached By A Professor Once At The Sorbonne In Paris And Asked About Racism In This Country, And When I Reflected On Racism On The Streets Of Paris - You Know, I'd Be Considered An Arab There -well, She Didn't Want To Address That...it Just Goes To Show It Was Easier For Europeans To Study Racism In The United States Than It Is From Within The Belly Of The Beast.