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A Girl Named Rosita Flashcards

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After days of wobbly decks and stormy seas, a stature of a woman wearing a crown rises up to greet them.

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A Girl named Rosita

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Out of the cold and away from the noise she returns to a home that isn’t home.

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A Girl named Rosita

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If she only knew more ingles, she could tell the bullies: Denjenme en Paz!

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A Girl named Rosita

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Clap Clap Clap

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A Girl named Rosita

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The music begins. Strum Strum Strum!

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A Girl named Rosita

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Her palms are sweating as she shakes the hand of the man who can change her life.

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A Girl named Rosita

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Please, she prays. Anything but Orchid!

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A Girl named Rosita

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One day she will play an authentic character who is bold, proud, strong.

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A Girl named Rosita

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Some days she wants to quit. But she’s come too far to give up.

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A Girl named Rosita

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Run! Out of the schoolyard, past the bullies in the streets.

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A Girl named Rosita

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Then - Cue the music: Horns, Strings, Percussion!

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A Girl named Rosita

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A sacred silence descends.

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A Girl named Rosita

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In a tiny cottage tucked between El Yunque Peak and a wild fragrant rainforest lives a girl: a girl with the rhythm of the rainforest in her feet and the sweetness of the sugarcane fields in her swishing skirts.

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A Girl named Rosita

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Step, turn, snap-kick, swish, jump, twirl!

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A Girl named Rosita

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I am taking you first because you are a big girl and you won’t cry.

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A Girl named Rosita

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Corre! She tells herself each day on her way home from school.

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A Girl named Rosita

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Run! So the bullies don’t catch you.

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A Girl named Rosita

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Out of the cold and away from the noise, she returns to a home that isn’t home.

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A Girl named Rosita

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Pronto, pronto!

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A Girl named Rosita

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Leave me alone!

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A Girl named Rosita

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Is leaving behind her native Spanish like letting go of her native island and all the things she loves?

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A Girl named Rosita

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Day after day, she practices until she can speak ingles perfectly.

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A Girl named Rosita

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And dances!

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A Girl named Rosita

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Forward, forward, back, back, kick…pasada!

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A Girl named Rosita

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Right, swing, back, side, hold…ole!

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A Girl named Rosita

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Onstage, she is home.

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A Girl named Rosita

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Why not me?

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A Girl named Rosita

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I can be a leading lady, too.

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A Girl named Rosita

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Then - a miracle happens.

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A Girl named Rosita

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Her palms are sweating as she shakes the hand of the man who can change her life.

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A Girl named Rosita

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This time, the movie studio chooses.

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A Girl named Rosita

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“I’ve got it!” says the casting director.

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A Girl named Rosita

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metro-goldwyn-mayer studios

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A Girl named Rosita

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Years after teaching herself to speak perfect ingles, she must fake an all-purpose accent to play maidens, slaves, and Spanish spitfires: the only roles Hollywood will give a Latina.

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A Girl named Rosita

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Some days she wants to quit.

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A Girl named Rosita

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But she’s come too far to give up.

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A Girl named Rosita

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In 1959, the newspapers announce the Hollywood is making West Side Story, the hit Broadway musical, into a movie!

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A Girl named Rosita

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For a month, she practices.

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A Girl named Rosita

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Step, turn, snap-kick, swish, jump, TWIRL!

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A Girl named Rosita

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Corre! Run! Out of the schoolyard, past the bullies in the streets.

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A Girl named Rosita

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Tears. Anger. Fear, And…scene.

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A Girl named Rosita

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Then - cue the music: horns, strings, percussion!

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A Girl named Rosita

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The role is hers.

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A Girl named Rosita

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In barrios throughout the city, Puerto Ricans gather around their television sets to watch the 34th Academy Awards.

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A Girl named Rosita

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No Puerto Rican, or any Latina, has ever won an Oscar.

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A Girl named Rosita

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A sacred silence descends.

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A Girl named Rosita

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A collective breath is held.

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A Girl named Rosita

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Who will take home the award?

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A Girl named Rosita

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“May I have the envelope, please?”

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A Girl named Rosita

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“She won! She won! She did it!” her fans cry.

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A girl named rosita

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But who was she before all that?

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A Girl named Rosita (Book jacket)

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She makes a conscious choice to keep working, but it means signing with 20th Century Fox and playing more “dusky damsels”.

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A Girl named Rosita (Timeline)

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On set, she is uncomfortable with makeup used to make all the Puerto Ricans the same shade of brown, yet she remains proud to be a part of the historic film.

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A Girl named Rosita (Timeline)

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Fed up with being offered demeaning roles, she refuses to play them and instead tackles stage roles in London and New York.

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A Girl named Rosita (Timeline)

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She joins the cast of The Electric Company, a children’s television show, where she coins the memorable catchphrase, “Hey, you guys!”

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A Girl named Rosita (Timeline)

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My fame is her fame. Therefore, this beautiful, precious honor is also in her honor.

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A Girl named Rosita (Timeline)

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She is one of three entertains, and the only Latinx performer, to have earned a Peabody, Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony Award.

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A Girl Named Rosita (Author’s Note)

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Another was having to endure Hollywood’s racist and sexist attitudes - which meant accepting secondary roles rooted in gender stereotypes and riddled with cultural inaccuracies.

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A Girl Named Rosita (Author’s Note)

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I was one of those young women.

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A Girl Named Rosita (Author’s Note)

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Overwhelmed (and underdressed) to meet one of my childhood idols - I froze!

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A Girl Named Rosita (Author’s Note)

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Oh, how I wished I’d found the courage to tell her that for a Puerto Rican kid from Queens who loved the performing arts, she’d been a much-needed role model and inspiration.

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A Girl Named Rosita (Author’s Note)

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She still inspires me today.

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A Girl Named Rosita (Author’s Note)

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Not just for her groundbreaking achievements but for how she continuously uses her voice to help others.

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A Girl Named Rosita (Author’s Note)

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I do believe with all of my heart and soul, that yearning masses will always huddle on the border of hope.

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A Girl Named Rosita (Author’s Note)

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And I pray that America will always be that beacon of those people’s dream.

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A Girl Named Rosita (Author’s Note)

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