On Latinidad and Solidarity

From Othering to Solidarity

In my 1950s East Harlem household, solidarity was akin to religion. In my family’s two-bedroom tenement, all were welcome, irrespective of race, ethnicity, religious belief, or sexual orientation. As a child, five-syllable words like solidarity were not in my vocabulary, but fairness and kindness were. Although we were poor, my parents—both of whom were orphaned […] Source

On Latinidad and Solidarity

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