Dear Rigoberta Menchu: I have recently read your autobiography I, Rigoberta Menchu, in which your portrayed as an oppressed yet ultimately triumphant victim of classism, racism, colonialism, and of course sexism. In your book you talk about your family, a Quiche Indian family, which was very poor. The small plot of land that the family owned did not produce enough to feed everyone. Life on a plantation was harsh. People lived in crowded sheds with no clean water or toilets. Your people, the native Indians in Guatemala had no rights of citizenship. You were restricted to people of Spanish descent...
necessary to recognize that, in some countries, the indigenous peoples are flourishing. We need the diversity of more participation of the youth, of the aged population, of different people, in order to construct and develop a future. You have played a major role to these indigenous people, as well as informing people around the world that such brutalities still occur in third world countries. I guess that one solution that you"ve even mentioned is to educate people. "Solutions will come when the world becomes educated about global values, the common values of its inhabitants and communities.

Sincerely, Johana Garcia