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

Raquel Cepeda

Tags: identity race racism hispanic hispanic-american latina latina-american latino-american race-as-concept racial-ambiguity



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

Raquel Cepeda

Tags: identity america race political racism-in-the-west hispanic hispanic-american latina-american latino-american racial-ambiguity hyphenated-identities



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Sometimes opposites attract, or so they say, but Paloma and Rocío were like arroz and mangú: they didn’t really mix well.

Raquel Cepeda

Tags: family family-relationships sisterhood sisters opposites dysfunctional-families family-saga family-drama sisters-sibling-rivalry hispanic latino-american latina-americans latinas



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Perhaps finding out that we carry New World history in our genes will transcend racial checkboxes altogether and enable Latino-Americans to rethink what America is supposed to look like.

Raquel Cepeda

Tags: race race-matters race-relations new-world hispanic latino-american race-in-america hispanic-identity latino-american-identity new-world-history



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...being Latino means being from everywhere, and that is exactly what America is supposed to be about.

Raquel Cepeda

Tags: identity america race racism race-matters internationalism hispanic latino-american latino-american-identity racial-constructs being-latina being-latino



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