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I agree with Marjorie Agosin in considering that what Rigoberta Menchú is representing is not mendacity. Rather, it is a narrative about how large communities in the region are/have been oppressed. In Guatemala and other regions. Her account helps those who have not lived these experiences to imagine what our fellow Latin Americans have lived. We all wish that this portrayal of indigenous people's experience were not as terrible, but, unfortunately for all of us--Latin Americans and North Americans--it is not. Contesting Rigoberta's account of her and her people's experiences, even with some hyperbolic accounts, has been challenged before. Not much came out of that. It is fictional truth, if you will, that speaks eloquently about a reality that smacks at our faces. Let Rigoberta live her life and continue seeking support for her people. We all need more humanity in our feelings and more Rigoberta's in the world.

-- Magdalena Garcia Pinto, Director of Women's Studies, Univ. of Missouri (posted 1/13, 3:15 p.m., E.S.T.)
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