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A review by lindsloveslit
The Undocumented Americans by Karla Cornejo Villavicencio
challenging
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
4.0
"The Undocumented Americans" by Karla Cornejo Villavicencio was an honest, vulnerable book that gave voice to a group of people often misrepresented and neglected in our society. At times it felt a little disjointed, but overall it was well researched while still feeling very intimate/private.
Villavicencio, the author, is the child of two Ecuadorian immigrants, and an undocumented Harvard grad. Throughout the book, she weaved her own experiences growing up in Queens to that of other immigrants throughout the United States.
The idea that a human can be "illegal", especially on stolen land, makes my skin crawl. "The Undocumented Americans" makes you sit with being expendable/deportable.
Have any of y'all read this? If so, what part sticks with you most? For me, it's the part where she talks and interviews folx on 9/11. I remember where I was, what I was doing, what news was saying. But she challenges me to look at things in a new light.
Villavicencio, the author, is the child of two Ecuadorian immigrants, and an undocumented Harvard grad. Throughout the book, she weaved her own experiences growing up in Queens to that of other immigrants throughout the United States.
The idea that a human can be "illegal", especially on stolen land, makes my skin crawl. "The Undocumented Americans" makes you sit with being expendable/deportable.
Have any of y'all read this? If so, what part sticks with you most? For me, it's the part where she talks and interviews folx on 9/11. I remember where I was, what I was doing, what news was saying. But she challenges me to look at things in a new light.