How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #10
"These people," the lady said, sitting down beside my mom. "I can't stand them, either. It's like they care more about the gavachos than they do about us." (8.38)
When Magda, Mom, and Manny are in the waiting room of the hospital, they're having a seriously hard time finding help. The receptionist basically ignores them or talks to them like they're dirt, which is awful; a lady in the waiting room figures the hospital workers put most of their time and effort into the "gavachos" (a.k.a. white folks). We've already seen schools that are pretty segregated and boxing matches with interracial fights, and now that tension is in the hospital, too. The stakes here, though, are arguably as high as they get.