"The term "Hispanic," to me, encompasses everybody that has a history, a background with the Spanish Language. The problem with the label is that "Hispanic" is going to be stretched and stretched to cover a whole range of things-Chicanos in the Southwest, Puerto Ricans in New York, Cubans in Miami-until I don't know what good the label is…"
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On how she interprets Hispanic in “Language as a Cure: An Interview with Milcha Sanchez-Scott “ in Latin American Theatre Review (Spring 1990)
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