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Guillermo Gomez-Pena

"The term Hispanic, coined by technomarketing experts and by the designers of political campaigns, homogenizes our cultural diversity (Chicanos, Cubans, and Puerto Ricans become indistinguishable), avoids our indigenous cultural heritage and links us directly with Spain. Worse yet, it possesses connotations of upward mobility and political obedience."

Source : Guillermo Gomez-Pena (1993). “Warrior for Gringostroika: Essays, Performance Texts, and Poetry”

Guillermo Gomez-Pena

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“Christ says, 'Give me all. I don't want so much of your time and so much of your money and so much of your work: I want You.'”
“Having your spiritual radar up in constant anticipation of His presence- even in the midst of the joyful chaos and regular rhythms of your everyday living- is paramount in hearing God, because sometimes the place and manner you find Him is the least spectacular you'd expect.”
“It's what I do that teaches me what I'm looking for.”
“In the fight between you and the world, back the world.”
“Although I always said that I wanted to be a writer from childhood, I hadn't actually done much about it until I came to London.”
“I love documentaries, I like observing real people.”
“All of the good stuff is going to be done in the future. The stuff we are doing now is crummy compared with what will finally mature.”
“It is intended to signify a coordinated plan of different actions aiming at the destruction of essential foundations of the life of national groups, with the aim of annihilating the groups themselves. The objectives of such a plan would be the disintegration of the political and social institutions, of culture, language, national feelings, religion, and the economic existence of national groups, and the destruction of the personal security, liberty, health, dignity, and even the lives of the individuals belonging to such groups.”

Source : Raphael Lemkin (2008). “Axis Rule in Occupied Europe”, p.79, The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd.

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