My Roots

Editor’s Note: The following article was originally published by Manuel Barajas, Ph.D. Professor, Department of Sociology. Director, Center on Race, Immigration, and Social Justice California State University, Sacramento.

Maiz, beans, chile, tomato, and cactus, your roots are interwoven deeply in my bones and heart.

My hands and feet

move with determination.

The conscious and spirit are the cosmic essence that unify humanity and the universe.

They are the hope and strength of our indigenous communities in the Americas.

Flourish beautiful Brown people of the color of my mother earth.

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