$45 million could provide more than 10 million school lunches, enough to feed 56,000 hungry kids – whose only warm meal each day could be at school – for an entire year.

2. The role of occupying forces, the military, and police is to solely protect the state. These soldiers/police “stand there projecting the violent underpinning of political power.”
3. “Survival [of empire] is not clean.”
(5)

Other important ideas, especially in light of the horrific dehumanization of people who have immigrated to the U.S. from the Global South, are 1. “The hierarchy of immigration” - the designation of “expat” is usually “reserved for white Westerners who leave the homes for another country…”
(4)

And this is why I smile with my whole heart when I hear young children speaking a language other than English with their parents or elders. It’s a reclamation of humanity.
(3)

This is why my mom didn’t want to teach me how to speak Korean in the late 70s/early 80s. This is why my whole name does not acknowledge my mother or her part of my lineage.
(2)

But this section from Chapter 41? The holding of breath. A glimpse into Mr. Mack's personality. The building of tension. Another held breath. Then how Lavalle breaks that tension? Beautiful doesn't begin to do it justice.

Are we being Punk'd? I feel like we're being long-game Punk'd.

Beautiful article!

4. Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia.
4/5 stars.
I wish that the impact of Western settlers on indigenous communities would have been explored more deeply, but it was more of an aside than anything. If you're interested in THAT type of story, I suggest reading Isabel Cañas.