Speaking as 'other'

As a child of Chilean migrants I have always felt a strong affinity with the displaced and vulnerable. It would be as difficult to change this as it would be to change my place of birth for this is my inheritance. By this i mean the physics of who I am - woman, non- white, Chilean born; the social milieu and economic conditions that I was born into - Catholic and working class; and the politics that i have adopted - a commitment to social and political reform.