eduardo e portillo

“A mestiza consciousness operates tactically through any means necessary: synthesis, assemblage, association, opposition, disengagement, evasion, etc. In other words, a mestiza consciousness marshals available tools in a pragmatic fashion so as to develop a “new mythos” that functions not just as a survival strategy, but as a proactive and affirmative response to hegemony, racism, class division, and imbalances of power“.