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.

The things that come to us easily, our propensities, are carried on a deep subconscious level into our next life. There are no coincidences.

Individually, every grain of sand brushing against my hands represents a story, an experience, and a block for me to build upon for the next generation.

This thing I am feeling, I’m almost certain, is the closest I’ll ever come to standing somewhere in between truth and reconciliation.

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

Are Latino-Americans white? Black? Other? Illegal aliens from Mars? Or are we the very face of America?

When we illuminate the road back to our ancestors, they have a way of reaching out, of manifesting themselves...sometimes even physically.