I wish she'd said something different, but patriarchy is as prevalent around the world as racism and xenophobia are. We can't hide from it, not even here.

Women destroy me. I allow them to.

Support and encouragement are found in the most unlikely places.

Globalization by the way of McDonald’s and KFC has captured the hearts, the minds, and from what I can see through the window, the growing bellies of the folks here.

I guess it all depends on whom you ask and when you ask. Race, I've learned, is in the eye of the beholder.

This is what I know about my parents. They spent the next several years trying to forget each other, and me.

Lately, Mami’s eyes have been so dark, I don’t like looking into them because I’m afraid I’ll fall in.