Multiple Hardships of a Cuban Woman
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"Reyita," is written by Maria de los Reyes Castillo Bueno, and is a very interesting, historical view of her own life, and the way things were during the twentieth century for black women. Maria Castillo Bueno, otherwise known as Reyita, was a very well rounded person. Like everyone else, she had been molded into the person she was due to the life she lived. Not only did she have to suffer
her own heartaches, but also those of her mother and family. Above all else, she accentuated the hardships she suffered from her mother, lack of money, and from her husband. It is apparent to me that Reyita's sense of self was, for the most part, formed by her race, class, and gender.
While addressing the story to her daughter, Daisy Rubiera Castillo, Reyita began by explaining the racial discriminations inflicted upon her by her mother, Isabel. "She rebuked me in hurtful ways and was always saying: 'that black one, that jocicua'" (21). Primarily
because of her, Reyita decided she would not have a black husband. "I didn't want to have children as black as me, so that no one would look down on them, no one would harass, and humiliate them" (21)...