Like Water for Chocolate Race Quotes

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Quote #4

[…] [John's grandmother], a Kikapu Indian who John's grandfather had captured and brought back to live with him, far from her tribe. (6. 382)

Uh, robbed much? We think it's pretty crazy that Morning Light was captured. Talk about a forceful courting.

Quote #5

"She was a quiet woman, just like you. Sitting in front of her stove, her heavy braid wrapped around her head, she was always able to read my thoughts." (6. 407)

Traits of an Indigenous Mexican woman: quiet, lots of hair, and connected to magic in some shape or form. Tita's got it all, minus the Indian part.

Quote #6

She hadn't been allowed to marry him because he had Negro blood in his veins. (7. 480)

Probably the only time we feel sorry for Mama Elena, it turns out she was also forbidden to get with her dream man. And all because of some dark skin…