Richard Rodriguez Quotes
I Had An Indian Face, But I Never Saw It As Indian, In Part Because In America The Indian Was Dead. The Indian Had Been Killed In Cowboy Movies, Or Was Playing Bingo In Oklahoma. Also, In My Middle-class Mexican Family Indio Was A Bad Word, One My Parents Shy Away From To This Day. That's One Of The Reasons, Of Course, Why I Always Insist, In My Bratty Way, On Saying, Soy Indio! - "I Am An Indian!"
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