Abstract
As a Chicano, I find it difficult to honor my white brother. I am not being
metaphorical. Although we are born from the same parents, 1 am Chicano and my
brother, when asked, is "just American." I have trouble thanking him even though
he defended me when neighborhood kids ritually beat me. We have never spoken
about it. When my parents were elsewhere, working or whatever, my brother
taught me social etiquette. I still struggle to appreciate him. No, I am not being
metaphorical, but we have been metaphorized: race, that rational descendant of
racism, comes between my brother and me.
metaphorical. Although we are born from the same parents, 1 am Chicano and my
brother, when asked, is "just American." I have trouble thanking him even though
he defended me when neighborhood kids ritually beat me. We have never spoken
about it. When my parents were elsewhere, working or whatever, my brother
taught me social etiquette. I still struggle to appreciate him. No, I am not being
metaphorical, but we have been metaphorized: race, that rational descendant of
racism, comes between my brother and me.
| Original language | American English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 25-45 |
| Journal | Ethics and Ethnicity in the Literature of the United States |
| State | Published - 2006 |
Disciplines
- English Language and Literature