Language Is a Place of Struggle: Great Quotes by Americans of Color
"Language Is a Place of Struggle" is the first truly multiracial and polycultural quote book, collecting quotations from both historical and contemporary novelists and poets, activists and political leaders, and artists and musicians. Within these pages, readers will find wisdom, wit, and inspiration from Asian Americans, African Americans, Latinos, Arab Americans, American Indians, recent immigrants to the United States, and many others.\ With nearly fifteen hundred quotations, this...
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Wisdom, wit, and inspiration from Asian Americans, African Americans, Latinos, Arab Americans, American Indians, recent immigrants, and many others "Language Is a Place of Struggle" is the first truly multiracial and polycultural quote book, collecting quotations from both historical and contemporary novelists and poets, activists and political leaders, and artists and musicians. Within these pages, readers will find wisdom, wit, and inspiration from Asian Americans, African Americans, Latinos, Arab Americans, American Indians, recent immigrants to the United States, and many others. With nearly fifteen hundred quotations, this exceptional book covers a broad spectrum: from insights on spirituality to words inciting social change and justice; from the impact of colonization, slavery, and racism to observations on gender, sexuality, and identity. The quotes show how people of color in the United States have been shaped by various community histories, ongoing political and cultural struggles, and personal evolutions. Each quote reflects three core themes from the histories of people of color in America: the significance of mass movements and the role of individuals within them; the vision that binds one society to another; and the foundational relationship between an evolving society and a changing self. Each chapter—Roots, Selves, Relationship, Work and Play, Making Change, and Inner Visions—adds to the larger story about people of color in the context of history, culture, and community. An invaluable tool for speechwriters, educators, ministers, and librarians that is accessibly organized for all readers, this entertaining and thought-provoking book is a much-needed resource for anyone interested in multicultural issues. Here you will find: Gloria Anzaldúa on borders and margins; Margaret Cho on failure and success; Edwidge Danticat on women who write; Junot Díaz on masculinity; Vine Deloria, Jr., on activism; Suheir Hammad on miscegenation and identity; bell hooks on identity and oppression; Edward P. Jones on the system of racism; Philip Vera Cruz on leadership; Chögyam Trungpa on spiritual materialism; and much more. School Library Journal Gr 7 Up Black, Latino, Asian-American, and American-Indian artists, writers, activists, and scholars are quoted in this striking collection. Living in the United States as minorities, these individuals reveal unique perspectives on contemporary American life. Nguyen freely admits in the foreword that this is a subjective collection, a fact that becomes clearer with each passing page. The entries are arranged by subject: "Roots," "Selves," "Relationship," "Work and Play," "Making Change," and "Inner Visions," categories that are further subdivided into sections such as "Education" and "Gender" in "Selves." Despite the fact that many of the quotes contain themes of struggle, disappointment, and pain, the selections are woven into a string of exquisite prose. The lack of an index is somewhat disappointing, but reading the book a section at a time is an enjoyable and thought-provoking experience.-Ivy Miller, Wyoming Seminary Upper School, Kingston, PA
\ School Library JournalGr 7 Up\ Black, Latino, Asian-American, and American-Indian artists, writers, activists, and scholars are quoted in this striking collection. Living in the United States as minorities, these individuals reveal unique perspectives on contemporary American life. Nguyen freely admits in the foreword that this is a subjective collection, a fact that becomes clearer with each passing page. The entries are arranged by subject: "Roots," "Selves," "Relationship," "Work and Play," "Making Change," and "Inner Visions," categories that are further subdivided into sections such as "Education" and "Gender" in "Selves." Despite the fact that many of the quotes contain themes of struggle, disappointment, and pain, the selections are woven into a string of exquisite prose. The lack of an index is somewhat disappointing, but reading the book a section at a time is an enjoyable and thought-provoking experience.-Ivy Miller, Wyoming Seminary Upper School, Kingston, PA\ \ \
