Richard Rodriguez
Richard Rodriguez
Richard Rodriguezis an American writer who became famous as the author of Hunger of Memory: The Education of Richard Rodriguez, a narrative about his intellectual development...
ProfessionNon-Fiction Author
Date of Birth31 July 1944
jobs thinking race
Who knows what Yale thought it was getting when it hired Richard Rodriguez? The people who offered me the job thought there was nothing wrong with that. I thought there was something very wrong. I still do. I think race-based affirmative action is crude and absolutely mistaken.
mean race ethnicity
It is very curious that the United States and Canada both assume that diversity means only race and ethnicity. They never assume it might mean more Nazis, or more Southern Baptists. That's diversity too, you know.
real race class
Affirmative action ignores our society's real minorities - members of the disadvantaged classes, no matter what their race. We have this ludicrous bureaucratic sense that certain racial groups, regardless of class, are minorities. So what happens is those "minorities" at the very top of the ladder get chosen for everything.
blood race people
Jose Vasconcelos, Mexico's great federalist and apologist, has coined a wonderful term, la raza cósmica, "the cosmic race," a new people having not one race but many in their blood.
writing america race
I write about race in America in hopes of undermining the notion of race in America.
bats came complete defense played ruby sure tough
Our defense is our trademark, but we just didn't have it today. But you can't take anything away from Hanks. It sure was (their day). Ruby Garza pitched well and their bats came alive. They're a tough team, and they played a complete game.
felt good shot
It felt good when I shot it. I thought it was going in, but it was short.
area living work
If we find housing, we'll be stable. We know the area that we're living in. We'll be able to find work in the vicinities.
looked scars
She had scars all over her legs. She looked about 30 (years old).
elbow seen
It was completely packed, elbow to elbow. It was nothing like we've ever seen before.
expecting growing potential
They are expecting big things from this store. It's a growing area. The potential is astronomical.
beat good
I thought we could beat them, but he is a pretty good player.
absolutely became facts perfect recipe time
All of these facts became the perfect recipe at that time for someone to get away with an act that we absolutely don't condone,
real revolution trouble
When a society doesn't know what to do with its young, it's in real trouble. When the young don't know what to do with society - at the very least, revolutions start there.