People of Color
"soy yo quien recoge lo que tu no comes
soy yo quien dejando mis cojones construyo
tu esperanza
[maldita] balanza no te pones nunca de mi lado
tengo un hermano peruano, otro chicano,
un chileno, un colombiano, un chino, un afroamericano
he construido con mis propias manos
ciudades, pueblos, lugares
me has colonizado y ahora discriminacion mi raza"
-Orishas, Emigrante
“If you look at it from above, the world is small and the color green of the dollar...Seen from above, the world is very small because it disregards persons and, in their place, there is a bank account number, with no movement other than that of deposits....But if you look at it from below, the world stretches so far that one look is not enough to encompass it, instead many looks are necessary in order to complete it...it has many colors, almost as many as persons and histories."
-Subcomandante Insurgente Marcos, "How Big Is The World?"
Articles (this is only the beginning)
Selma James: Sex, Race and Class
Black Panther Party: Ten-Point Program
Fred Hampton: Power Anywhere Where There's People. Speech delivered at Olivet Church, 1969
Fred Hampton Biography, 1948-1969
Elizam Escobar: Language, Identity and Liberation: A Critique of the Term and Concept of "People of Color"Angela Y. Davis and Elizabeth Martínez (discussion): Coalition Building Among People of Color
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