The phrase "the very culture we're portraying will
die" is an appeal to
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If we leave out our tortillas - and by that I
mean the language, history, cultural values
and themes of our literature - the very
culture we're portraying will die. Publishing
has often forced us to do just that. Trade
publishers who control publishing in this
country continue to have a very narrow view
of the literature of this country. At a time
when multicultural diversity is challenging
the literary canon, the major publishers still
are slow to respond to the literary output of
Chicano writers. After twenty-five years of
contemporary Chicano writings, there are
still only three or four Chicano writers who
The sentence "After twenty-five years of
contemporary Chicano writings, there are still only
three or four Chicano writers who publish with the
big trade publishers" uses facts to appeal to
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