Since this show deals so heavily with racial prejudice and assumptions, it subverts the stereotypes of the “traditional” Mexican, seen in our other reading Los Vendidos, by making the protagonist a disabled woman. The author also subverts stereotypes of gender and disability by writing Cerezita as both sexual and powerful. She also increases Cerezita’s power by making her a religious symbol. Using Cerezita as a leader for their small revolution, Moraga was able to empower different segments of the Mexican people that normally do not get to see themselves in roles of power and show them how to
Since this show deals so heavily with racial prejudice and assumptions, it subverts the stereotypes of the “traditional” Mexican, seen in our other reading Los Vendidos, by making the protagonist a disabled woman. The author also subverts stereotypes of gender and disability by writing Cerezita as both sexual and powerful. She also increases Cerezita’s power by making her a religious symbol. Using Cerezita as a leader for their small revolution, Moraga was able to empower different segments of the Mexican people that normally do not get to see themselves in roles of power and show them how to