An immigrant from México who lives in the Redwood Apartments. He is frustrated by the unfairness of the immigration progress and the stigma against immigrants and Latinos. He is an advocate for legislation reform for immigrants and a skilled photographer who highlights the hardships of the immigrant experience through his photographs. Micho usually has his camera with him and he documents his neighbors’ lives.
Micho Alvarez Quotes in The Book of Unknown Americans
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Chapter 24: Micho Alvarez
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We’re the unknown Americans, the ones no one even wants to know, because they’ve been told they’re supposed to be scared of us and because maybe if they did take the time to get to know us, they might realize that we’re not that bad, maybe even that we’re a lot like them. And who would they hate then?
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Micho Alvarez Quotes in The Book of Unknown Americans
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Chapter 24: Micho Alvarez
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We’re the unknown Americans, the ones no one even wants to know, because they’ve been told they’re supposed to be scared of us and because maybe if they did take the time to get to know us, they might realize that we’re not that bad, maybe even that we’re a lot like them. And who would they hate then?
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