Before a poem, this was a request, from a friend, about how to prepare rice.Â
Somehow, I believe a trauma experienced will echo on for seven generations afterwards.
I heard your father the pastorÂ
doesn’t want his daughterÂ
fallin’ for somebody who could pass for son or daughter
This story explores bi-racial identity and a young WOC’s relationship to her hair, her white mother, and to what others project onto her in the outside world.
Photo by Graciela Iturbide
Infrarrealista Review is a literary nonprofit dedicated to publishing Tejanx voices.
