María Concepción Balboa Buika (Concha Buika) Quotes

I was always the only black in the movie theater, the only black in class, the only black in the library, the only black in the discotheque. I always felt observed and judged.

María Concepción Balboa Buika

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• I was always the only black in the movie theater, the only black in class, the only black in the library, the only black in the discotheque. I always felt observed and judged.

  

  María Concepción Balboa Buika
  • Movie
  • Black
  • Library