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Latina Quotes
On identity, language, and telling fuller stories.
How someone names their own identity often depends on family, place, and audience, and these quotes explore that directly through the word Latina. See our Gender quotes for related reflections.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
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I usually say Latina, Mexican-American or American Mexican, and in certain contexts, Chicana, depending on whether my audience understands the term or not.
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I was raised in Chicago, so always used Latina. It's what my Father and brothers called ourselves, when we meant the entire Spanish-speaking community of Chicago.
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