Carmen Lomas Garza quotes

I wanted to have these kinds of images because other Chicano artists were doing imagery that was very political, sending messages about oppression and discrimination, honoring the great muralists in Mexico, and protesting the Vietnam war because a lot of Chicanos had been drafted into the army. There were a lot of protests against the war and the draft. I just wanted to focus on the every day life that we're all very familiar with. We needed to re-celebrate that: the beautiful things that we have always known and grown up with... (Carmen Lomas Garza)
My parents did not trust...There was a lot of mistrust...There was this skepticism about white people because of what they had gone through. And I didn't associate with any white people except when I got to junior high. View quote
Carmen Lomas Garza
In the end, you know, this whole thing about the feminist movement and the feminist art movement, in the end, when it comes down to it, as a Chicana artist, I know what my father has gone through, I know what my husband and my brothers have gone through, and I know what my nephews are going to go through with discrimination and racism. You know, I have to support them. They are my family. And I've seen it now more and more where white women are turning their back against men of color. You know, so their support isn't there as much as they vowed to do. You know, even though they're a minority... View quote
Carmen Lomas Garza