We Call Them Greasers

I was glad to see Gloria Anzaldua's poem We Call Them Greasers as one of our reading assignments. Poetry has an effect on people that articles can't always get across. Written facts or statistics in articles sometimes go over my head, but pieces like Anzaldua's really put things into perspective.
This piece had such awesome imagery, which got my imagination going. Since it was written from the white man's point of view, I was sort of forced to put myself in his shoes, which was not something I really wanted to explore, but it gave the piece a greater impact. It made me realize just how horrible these men were, and how their thoughts were just as awful as their actions. Having to actually picture the rape was very creepy and very distressing. It made me feel as though these men weren't really human, which is interesting because the white man in the poem is trying to dehumanize the Latinos that he saw. I think that it was a very bold choice to write this poem, and Anzaldua's creativity helped paint a gruesome picture that really got the point across. I think that having poetry like this mixed in with all of the other readings throughout the semester will really help me to understand the Latina/o experience.