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Raul, a sculptor of Chicano heritage, is the development chair of the board of the Bronx Art Center, where Bronca, Yijing, Jess, and Veneza work. He is also a one-time sexual partner of Yijing’s. When the Woman in White offers the Center an enormous donation on the condition that they exhibit work by the Alt Artistes and take down graffiti art by New York City’s avatar, Raul tries to convince the Center’s board to support Bronca in her refusal. When the other board members want to fire Bronca for refusing the donation, Raul calls her to let her know what’s happening.
Raul Quotes in The City We Became
The The City We Became quotes below are all either spoken by Raul or refer to Raul. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 9
Quotes
“The Better New York Foundation—”
“Jesus, really?”
“Yes. Very well resourced, very private, and very dedicated to raising the city from its gritty image to the heights of prosperity and progress.”
Bronca actually pulls the receiver from her ear to glare at it for a moment. “I have never smelled a pile of bigger horseshit. That’s—” She shakes her head. “It’s gentrifier logic. Settler logic. They want the city without the ‘gritty’ people who make it what it is!”
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Raul Quotes in The City We Became
The The City We Became quotes below are all either spoken by Raul or refer to Raul. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
).
Chapter 9
Quotes
“The Better New York Foundation—”
“Jesus, really?”
“Yes. Very well resourced, very private, and very dedicated to raising the city from its gritty image to the heights of prosperity and progress.”
Bronca actually pulls the receiver from her ear to glare at it for a moment. “I have never smelled a pile of bigger horseshit. That’s—” She shakes her head. “It’s gentrifier logic. Settler logic. They want the city without the ‘gritty’ people who make it what it is!”
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