What Cervantes is referring too in this stanza is the male dominance over females. This is mostly seen in Mexican homes. Males tend to be the head of the household, while females are the inferior ones. In addition, females are expected to only attend to their husbands, expected only to stay at home and clean, cook, as well as take care of the kids, having no right to express their opinion. In this stanza, Cervantes is saying everyone is equal in her world. Male dominance over females is no more. The “barbed wire politics of oppression” are long gone. Both genders have their equal rights to express their opinion.
“I believe in revolution because everywhere the crosses are burning, sharp-shooting goose-steppers round every corner, there are snipers in the schools... …show more content…
You think this is nothing but faddish exaggeration. But they are not shooting at you.)”
In this stanza, Cervantes is expressing the racism she was raised to fear. Like previously stated, Cervantes was discouraged to speak Spanish in her home in order to protect her from the racism that was going on at that time. In this stanza, Cervantes expresses how everywhere she goes, she sees people judging her for her race. Furthermore, in the last three lines, she states how her colleague might not believe her, but, he is not the one that is being judged. He would not know what it felt like to be discriminated by people like Cervantes might have been, because he is “white.”
“I 'm marked by the color of my skin.
The bullets are discrete and designed to kill slowly.
They are aiming at my
“I believe in revolution because everywhere the crosses are burning, sharp-shooting goose-steppers round every corner, there are snipers in the schools... …show more content…
You think this is nothing but faddish exaggeration. But they are not shooting at you.)”
In this stanza, Cervantes is expressing the racism she was raised to fear. Like previously stated, Cervantes was discouraged to speak Spanish in her home in order to protect her from the racism that was going on at that time. In this stanza, Cervantes expresses how everywhere she goes, she sees people judging her for her race. Furthermore, in the last three lines, she states how her colleague might not believe her, but, he is not the one that is being judged. He would not know what it felt like to be discriminated by people like Cervantes might have been, because he is “white.”
“I 'm marked by the color of my skin.
The bullets are discrete and designed to kill slowly.
They are aiming at my