Achy Obejas
speaker
168 appearances
1 recordings
1 series
first heard Jun 2026
last heard 28 Jun
Achy Obejas’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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No, Raul, you have your people and I have mine.
But yours, that's not your family.
You need me to help you stay in touch with your family.
With your Latin self, he said angrily.
He shoved one hand in his pants pocket and used the other to poke at the air.
In Mexico, this wouldn't happen, and you'd have to do as I say.
There are laws, you know.
Lupe laughed again.
In Mexico, we'd never have married, Raul.
In Mexico, you wouldn't need to marry a nice American girl.
That you're American is an accident of geography, he said.
You're running away from your Latin self, he insisted.
I know who you are, and I know who you think you are.
I'm a man who's seen a little bit of the world.
I may not have gone to college like you, but I know people, and I know you.
Oh, please, she said, and started to walk away from the corner.
He shook his head sadly and looked down at the tips of his grime-covered shoes.
Then he took off, following a few steps behind her.
I didn't want to do this, he said, but you've given me no choice.
Suddenly he grabbed her and threw her against the flyer-covered telephone pole.
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