Unclean
This short story by Amanda Rodriguez appeared in the Spring 2018 Volume VIII of Label Me Latina/o. “Unclean” is an exploration of the intersection of race, gender, and class. The story opens a window into the pain, anxiety, and even trauma of being Othered.
Label Me Latina/o is an online, refereed international e-journal that focuses on Latina/o/x Literary Production in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. The journal publishes scholarly articles focusing on these writers as well as creative literary pieces whose authors self-identify as Latina, Latino, or Latinx.
The way I see it, there are two kinds of people. The clean and the dirty, and I’m not talking metaphor here. I’m talking the kind of people who have shiny floors and the kind who always seem to have dirt and footprints all over their linoleum. Those with wrinkled and those with pressed shirts. Holes in the toe of the sock versus seams intact.
Unclean