Carmen Colon-Brown

A very interesting talk by Carmen. She related her experiences growing up Puerto Rican and how that related to the book. She also explained about her ministry and how she is working to help Latinos. I was very interested to learn how the gender roles for Latinas is so prevalent throughout the culture. So many strong women who tolerate having their husbands having another woman. They just assume that is the way things should be. It also seems that violence against wives is common and accepted. She related how there is a strong responsibility to the family and that everyone has specific gender expectations. I quite enjoyed the talk.