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> [I'm not against knowing the history of white people in the U.S. - that's not the point. The point is that there's so much greater history. We don't know about Native Americans. Very basically, we don't know that much about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/luis-j-rodr-guez/i-m-not-against-knowing-the-history-of-white-people-in-the-u-s-that-s/)

[Luis J. Rodriguez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/luis-j-rodr-guez/)

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## More by Luis J. Rodríguez

> [“A friend once told me a story about a former Black Panther leader in a Midwest community who in the 1960s had his phone…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/luis-j-rodr-guez/a-friend-once-told-me-a-story-about-a-former-black-panther-leader-in/)

[Luis J. Rodríguez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/luis-j-rodr-guez/)

> [I worked in a steel mill, I worked in a foundry, I worked in a paper mill, I worked in a chemical refinery, construction,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/luis-j-rodr-guez/i-worked-in-a-steel-mill-i-worked-in-a-foundry-i-worked-in-a-paper/)

[Luis J. Rodriguez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/luis-j-rodr-guez/)

> [“you dont have solo rights to anything anymore,not even your crazy life”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/luis-j-rodr-guez/you-dont-have-solo-rights-to-anything-anymore-not-even-your-crazy-life/)

[Luis J. Rodriguez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/luis-j-rodr-guez/)

> [I moved into the garage at my mom's house, she wouldn't let me into the house, and the garage didn't have any running water.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/luis-j-rodr-guez/i-moved-into-the-garage-at-my-mom-s-house-she-wouldn-t-let-me-into/)

[Luis J. Rodriguez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/luis-j-rodr-guez/)

> [“It never stopped, this running. We were constant prey, and the hunters soon became big blurs: the police, the gangs, the junkies, the dudes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/luis-j-rodr-guez/it-never-stopped-this-running-we-were-constant-prey-and-the-hunters/)

[Luis J. Rodriguez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/luis-j-rodr-guez/)

> [One summer I was homeless in L.A., when I was about fifteen, and I used to go to the library to get books. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/luis-j-rodr-guez/one-summer-i-was-homeless-in-l-a-when-i-was-about-fifteen-and-i-used/)

[Luis J. Rodriguez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/luis-j-rodr-guez/)

> [I was kind of a weird homie; I was a weird kid. Nobody in my family loved books. I'm the only one.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/luis-j-rodr-guez/i-was-kind-of-a-weird-homie-i-was-a-weird-kid-nobody-in-my-family/)

[Luis J. Rodriguez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/luis-j-rodr-guez/)

> [Nobody supported me; my family thought I had gone crazy. They thought, you crazy gangster, you crazy drug addict, now you want to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/luis-j-rodr-guez/nobody-supported-me-my-family-thought-i-had-gone-crazy-they-thought/)

[Luis J. Rodriguez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/luis-j-rodr-guez/)

> [The judge gave me a break. He was like: wow, we've never heard of this. So he gave me time served in the county…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/luis-j-rodr-guez/the-judge-gave-me-a-break-he-was-like-wow-we-ve-never-heard-of-this/)

[Luis J. Rodriguez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/luis-j-rodr-guez/)

> [“my task is to make you hear,to make you feel ,and ,above all,to make you see,that is all,and it is everything”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/luis-j-rodr-guez/my-task-is-to-make-you-hear-to-make-you-feel-and-above-all-to-make/)

[Luis J. Rodriguez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/luis-j-rodr-guez/)

> [ We \[people\] all need each other. Gangs do try to fill that void - but they can't do what healthy, balanced, and coherent families… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/luis-j-rodr-guez/we-people-all-need-each-other-gangs-do-try-to-fill-that-void-but-they/)

[Luis J. Rodriguez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/luis-j-rodr-guez/)

> [I was arrested and put in murder's row. They were trying to get me for some murders I didn't do. They had me in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/luis-j-rodr-guez/i-was-arrested-and-put-in-murder-s-row-they-were-trying-to-get-me-for/)

[Luis J. Rodriguez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/luis-j-rodr-guez/)

> [To go against gangs or drugs is meaningless unless this is mostly done by filling in the empties, the vacuums, and stop the neglect…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/luis-j-rodr-guez/to-go-against-gangs-or-drugs-is-meaningless-unless-this-is-mostly/)

[Luis J. Rodriguez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/luis-j-rodr-guez/)

> [“i'm sorry young man but the classes you chose are filled up.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/luis-j-rodr-guez/i-m-sorry-young-man-but-the-classes-you-chose-are-filled-up/)

[Luis J. Rodriguez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/luis-j-rodr-guez/)

> [We need more leaders among our gente - more teachers, politicians, businesspeople, organizers, and such. Turn the energy that many young people are putting…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/luis-j-rodr-guez/we-need-more-leaders-among-our-gente-more-teachers-politicians/)

[Luis J. Rodriguez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/luis-j-rodr-guez/)

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