We need protests. And paintings.
We need protests. And paintings.
- January 27, 2018
- Hector Tobar, Chicano/Latino studies, op-ed in The New York Times
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To defend the place of millions of immigrants and their progeny in American society, we need not only protest of political changes but also more art. We need to bring the ambitions, the foibles and the soul of immigrant America into the collective American mind. And for that we need television shows and movies, and more novels, poems, paintings and songs. High art and low.
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