Reading Who Would Have Thought It? | Alexandria
Read Who Would Have Thought It? by Maria Amparo Ruiz de Burton. Exposing power dynamics, this 1872 icon shattered Anglo-Mexican stereotypes by revealing how racial hierarchies mask economic manipulation. Through biting satire, Ruiz de Burton showed that "civilized" societies often display more barbarism than those they deem savage - a truth that still stings in today's border debates.