being mulatto is longing for oneself, just like the despised hermaphrodite outcries the conflict between the sexes.Posted in Excerpts/Quotes on 2011-10-05 02:42Z by Steven |
…being mulatto is longing for oneself [o mulato é saudade de si mesmo] just like the despised hermaphrodite outcries the conflict between the sexes… the mestiço is thus an unexpected being in the plan of the world, an unfortunate experiment of the Portuguese.
Mendes Correia, 1940: 122