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Wild Tongues Can't Be Tamed: 15 Voices from the Latinx Diaspora
by Saraciea J. Fennell
challenging
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
It was beautiful and challenging to read about the ways that Latinidad and Blackness exist in America, we well as learn more deeply about specific cultures within Latin America that I am unfamiliar with.
As a non-Black, non-Latinx POC, I was also pleasantly surprised by how much of this anthology I could relate to. Indian American communities are having a lot of the same conversations about ethnic/cultural expression, our relationships to the homeland, and the privileges we often fail to recognize in conversations about race. The most powerful essay for me was “Invisible” by Ingrid Rojas Contreras, who single-handedly named all of my unspoken insecurities about being in an interracial relationship with a white person from a conservative family. I will carry this book with me in my thoughts for a long time.
This anthology was super accessible to read, which made it that much more enjoyable.
As a non-Black, non-Latinx POC, I was also pleasantly surprised by how much of this anthology I could relate to. Indian American communities are having a lot of the same conversations about ethnic/cultural expression, our relationships to the homeland, and the privileges we often fail to recognize in conversations about race. The most powerful essay for me was “Invisible” by Ingrid Rojas Contreras, who single-handedly named all of my unspoken insecurities about being in an interracial relationship with a white person from a conservative family. I will carry this book with me in my thoughts for a long time.
This anthology was super accessible to read, which made it that much more enjoyable.