I was not really of the barrio, but the barrio was an important part of my life. Spanish was my first language; English was the language of my reading world. This was the world I lived in—an idealistic world, and unreal world that filled my senses with hopes, with joy and identification…

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "I was not really of the barrio, but the barrio was an important part of my life. Spanish was my first language; English was the language of my reading world. This was the world I lived in—an idealistic world, and unreal world that filled my senses with hopes, with joy and identification…" in the context of "On her upbringing (as quoted in the book Chicana Ways: Conversations with Ten Chicana Writers)" to mean that wisdom is timeless.