You Sound Like a White Girl by Julissa Arce

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epub | 3.07 MB | English | Isbn:‎ B08QGHXL7Y | Author: Julissa Arce | Year: 2022

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"A love letter to our people-full of fury and passion."
- José Olivarez, award-winning poet and author of Citizen Illegal
"If you could take Rodolfo Gonzales epic poem 'I Am Joaquin' and explain it through compelling, personal narrative in twenty-first century America, You Sound Like A White Girl would be it."
- Joaquin Castro

Bestselling author Julissa Arce brings readers a powerful polemic against the myth that assimilation leads to happiness and belonging for immigrants in America. Instead, she calls for a celebration of our uniqueness, our origins, our heritage, and the beauty of the differences that make us Americans.
"You sound like a white girl." These were the words spoken to Julissa by a high school crush as she struggled to find her place in America. As a brown immigrant from Mexico, assimilation had been demanded of her since the moment she set foot in San Antonio, Texas, in 1994. She'd...

Category:Hispanic American Studies, Hispanic American Demographic Studies, Hispanic & Latin Biographies

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