Agency for Undocumented Americans Show Notes
Why Listen?
Karla Cornejo Villavicencio is a woman after my own heart because she is an author who felt compelled to write for her community without pandering to whiteness. Our squad is always here for that kind of courageous rebellion! Karla and I cover a lot of ground here from work to humor, mental health to deportation… Hang on because Karla is witty, smart, and a damn good writer.
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You must, you must, you must buy Karla’s book. Dont pass go. Dont collect $200. Put the book in your cart. It is honest and challenging, it is educational and real. It is funny and defiant. Its human. Its so beautifully human. Buy The Undocumented Americans
Take This Hammer, a documentary on James Baldwin as he tours San Francisco. During the documentary Baldwin speaks of our responsibility to pay our dues. Im sure Baldwin also writes about paying his dues, but I love this quote of Baldwin speaking about northern whites (code for liberals or progressives at that time) believing they are payi…