"of brown girls who/ carry themselves folded in/ and under, hiding their bod...

 

 

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"of brown girls who/ carry themselves folded in/ and under, hiding their bodies/ because they learned..."

via maia medicine on 5/12/10

"of brown girls who/ carry themselves folded in/ and under, hiding their bodies/ because they learned young/ es peligroso to draw attention// de las morenas quien/ saben la vida es dura/ who learn this before/ they even learn to speak/ and know better than to complain…."

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Of Brown Girls : A Poetic Response to the Life of Sandra Cantu | VivirLatino

read the whole poem…by the lovely aaminah hernandez! 

 

 

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