Latino Quotes - Page 4

• Latino poets, are really having a significant impact on American poetics today.

  Kwame Dawes

  Today, Poet, Significant

  Source: www.guernicamag.com

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• People ask me: "Do I consider myself to be a Latino writer?" "What does it mean to be Latino?" Those are very strange questions to answer , but feminism is easier because it's just an ideology, a way I live my life. And absolutely in the most political sense I try to sit down and write very strong female roles.

  Quiara Alegria Hudes

  Strong, Writing, Mean

  Source: www.guernicamag.com

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• If I were the Mexican-American father of a young child who was having trouble sleeping because of Donald Trump, or who was being bullied in school because of Trump, or who was becoming ashamed of her own background because of Trump, and Trump somehow slipped away from his security and was walking down a corridor alone to use the men's room at the restaurant where I worked - if I had that chance to confront him, what would I do? Of course if a Mexican or Latino harmed Trump, it would only make things worse. Let John McCain do it. He's a soldier.

  Francisco Goldman

  Children, Father, School

  Source: therumpus.net

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• The number of Latino roles is very limited, and it's unfortunate there isn't more color-blind casting.

  Jai Rodriguez

  Color, Numbers, Roles

  "THE LEADING MEN: Angel of Music". Interview with Wayman Wong, www.playbill.com. August 2, 2004.

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• My dad, as you probably know, was the governor of Michigan and was the head of a car company. But he was born in Mexico... and had he been born of, uh, Mexican parents, I'd have a better shot at winning this. But he was unfortunately born to Americans living in Mexico. He lived there for a number of years. I mean, I say that jokingly, but it would be helpful to be Latino.

  Mitt Romney

  Dad, Stupid, Mean

  "Romney better off as a Latino?" by Ruben Navarrette, www.cnn.com. September 19, 2012.

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• I get offered a lot of black roles, because apparently I dont look Latino enough.

  Tristan Wilds

  Black, Roles, Looks

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• Police officers are the best of us. And the men and women, white, African-American, Asian, Latino, Hispanic, they put their lives on the line every single day. And let my say community policing is a great idea. It's worked in the Hoosier state. And we fully support that. Donald Trump and I are going to make sure that law enforcement have the resources and the tools to be able to really restore law and order to the cities and communities in this nation.

  Mike Pence

  Men, Support, Community

  VP debate at Longwood University, www.cbsnews.com. October 5, 2016.

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• When I hear that Jennifer Lopez is such a role model for Latinas, on the one hand I respect her for her business sense and I respect her for her ambition. But she's in the entertainment world. She's done it on her looks and very specifically on her anatomy. Madonna is also considered a great businesswoman and so is Yoko Ono. I feel if I had a young daughter right now, I would feel a little discouraged if that was my daughter's primary role model for success and for young people, for Latinas and Latinos.

  Ana Castillo

  Daughter, Ambition, Role Models

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• Something is fundamentally amiss when you refer to a person as illegal. Bottom line. That's why we so easily talk about this like we're talking about plants or crops. These illegals. My God, man, it's so tragic to me traveling around this country, this country that is getting more and more Latino, and you hear people use the words "illegal" and "Mexican" interchangeably. Interchangeably. Without blinking an eye.

  Jose Antonio Vargas

  Country, Eye, Men

  Source: www.motherjones.com

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• Head Start is especially important to Latino children. Latino children make up more than one-third, 34 percent, of all those eligible for the program.

  Joe Baca

  Children, Important, Program

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• I really do think Trump's election comes down to respect. It comes down to being gracious. It comes down to really showing compassion for the problems of the black and Latino communities. And I really hope that Donald Trump takes the ball that's in his court and tries to go after those voters, tries to show some compassion, and really offers them something substantive to get excited about Republican and conservative policy.

  James Vance

  Thinking, Compassion, Community

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• If you look at the state of California, the children who are not receiving the education that they should are both black and Latino children. And together they would represent a majority of progressive voters in the state of California. And the state is still very, very broken.

  Maria Echaveste

  Children, Broken, Black

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• One of the challenges, especially since, like, something like 40 percent of the Latino population is foreign born, is - and one of the new issues is how do we integrate all these immigrants, right?

  Maria Echaveste

  Challenges, Integrating

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• I've been very lucky to work on a wide variety of projects, including two long-run and top-10 dramatic television shows. That is why it is so important to offer a helping hand to the next generation of young Latinos coming up behind me.

  Jimmy Smits

  Running, Hands, Two

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• There is not a black America and a white America; a Latino America, an Asian America. There is the United States of America.

  Barack Obama

  Black

  "ABC, NBC Hype Obama's 'Urgent,' 'Critical Speech' For Hillary at DNC" by Matthew Balan, www.newsbusters.org. July 27, 2016.

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• We do not need to have a president who insults Mexicans and Latinos and Muslims and women and veterans and African-Americans, we need a president who brings us together, not divides us up.

  Bernie Sanders

  President, Together, Veteran

  Source: abcnews.go.com

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• Latinos are here to stay. As citizen Raquel, I'm proud to be Latina.

  Raquel Welch

  House, Citizens, Proud

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• You have to look at the fact that Hip Hop is under attack. It's not just Hip Hop but Black people, Latino people and all people are under attack for different things.

  Afrika Bambaataa

  People, Hip Hop, Black

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• Combining the lack of emotional literacy they may be imbued with, with the fact that if you're black you're not supposed to be that smart and if you... as a boy you're not even supposed to like school. All of the sudden you've got kids who are afraid, black kids and Latino kids who are afraid to be great, afraid to bask in the enjoyment of education, lest they be labeled less than black, less than Latino, less they be called the oreo.

  John Amaechi

  Smart, School, Kids

  Source: bigthink.com

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• What's happening is that Asian and Latino and other groups without that history are more likely to end up in either black churches or white churches and then make them multiracial churches. I talk about that in the US we have two cultures.

  Michael Emerson

  Two, White, Black

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• I don't think every African-American or Latino have the same body type, but, yes, that's been one of the excuses ... saying that African-Americans are too muscular or just aren't lean enough. Usually they say, "Oh, they have flat feet so they just don't have the flexibility that it takes to create the line in a point shoe."

  Misty Copeland

  Thinking, Shoes, Feet

  Source: www.wbur.org

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• I had many reasons for writing this book but among them was the hope that every Latino child and adult would find something familiar in it. And my hope is that when they finish reading the book, that they will come away with a renewed sense of pride in our culture and in who we are. We get a lot of strength from that [culture and identity] and we should be proud of it.

  Sonia Sotomayor

  Children, Book, Reading

  "Sotomayor on Puerto Rico, Not Speaking Spanish… and Poker". voicesofny.org. January 15, 2013.

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• What do we call our Harlem Renaissance? Maybe in the future, it won't be just Latino, maybe it'll be more multi-multi, because, you know, people are such fusions now, of so many different cultures.

  Sandra Cisneros

  People, Fusion, Different

  "Talking in Our Pajamas: A Conversation with Sandra Cisneros on Finding Your Voice, Fear of Highways, Tacos, Travel, and the Need for Peace in the World". Interview with Ruth Behar, quod.lib.umich.edu.

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• I am honored to have Ajamu Baraka as a running mate. I think he brings enormous credibility in the disenfranchised communities, not just African American but Latino, Asian American and Native American. He is a recognized advocate for racial justice, economic justice and human rights, and I think this conversation is only just begun. It is very important.

  Jill Stein

  Running, Native American, Thinking

  Source: www.justicenewsnetwork.com

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• And Hillary Clinton is going to do nothing for the African- American worker, the Latino worker.

  Donald Trump

  African American, Clinton, Workers

  "Transcript of Donald Trump’s Immigration Speech". www.nytimes.com. September 1, 2016.

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