{"id":46825,"date":"2020-12-18T00:05:20","date_gmt":"2020-12-18T08:05:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/eltecolote.org\/content\/?p=46825"},"modified":"2021-02-20T21:16:14","modified_gmt":"2021-02-21T05:16:14","slug":"central-american-author-smashes-borders-one-childrens-book-at-a-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eltecolote.org\/content\/en\/central-american-author-smashes-borders-one-childrens-book-at-a-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Central American author smashes borders, one children\u2019s book at a time"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>From the separation of families to the caging of children at the border, the Trump administration has become distinctly known for its brutal, xenophobic and militarized response to migration from Central America.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But for scholar, professor and children\u2019s author Dr. Oriel Mar\u00eda Siu, there is a deeper understanding of this country\u2019s legacy of government sponsored family separation.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cDeportations definitely did not start with Obama, and much less with Trump,\u201d Dr. Siu told El Tecolote from her home in San Pedro Sula, Honduras. \u201cThe act of forcibly removing and separating non-white families, making people of color deportable, dates back to the very birth of the United States.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Siu saw this first hand in 2011, when the father of her one-year-old niece was deported, leaving her to grow up fatherless during her most formative years. Through the thick glass of the California detention center, Dr. Siu\u2019s niece saw her father for the last time. By the end of his term in early 2017, Obama had deported 3 million people.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eltecolote.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Rebeldita_Oriel-and-Suletu_web-1.jpg?resize=420%2C335&#038;quality=89&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-46762\" width=\"420\" height=\"335\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eltecolote.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Rebeldita_Oriel-and-Suletu_web-1.jpg?resize=600%2C480&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eltecolote.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Rebeldita_Oriel-and-Suletu_web-1.jpg?resize=312%2C250&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 312w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eltecolote.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Rebeldita_Oriel-and-Suletu_web-1.jpg?resize=768%2C615&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eltecolote.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Rebeldita_Oriel-and-Suletu_web-1.jpg?resize=370%2C296&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 370w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eltecolote.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Rebeldita_Oriel-and-Suletu_web-1.jpg?resize=800%2C640&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eltecolote.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Rebeldita_Oriel-and-Suletu_web-1.jpg?resize=20%2C16&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 20w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eltecolote.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Rebeldita_Oriel-and-Suletu_web-1.jpg?resize=185%2C148&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 185w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eltecolote.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Rebeldita_Oriel-and-Suletu_web-1.jpg?resize=740%2C592&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 740w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eltecolote.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Rebeldita_Oriel-and-Suletu_web-1.jpg?resize=400%2C320&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eltecolote.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Rebeldita_Oriel-and-Suletu_web-1.jpg?resize=60%2C48&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 60w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eltecolote.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Rebeldita_Oriel-and-Suletu_web-1.jpg?w=968&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 968w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><figcaption>Dr. Oriel Mar\u00eda Siu, author of the Spanish-language children\u2019s book \u201cRebeldita la Alegre en el Pa\u00eds de los Ogros,\u201d reads the book to her daughter, Suletu Ixakbal, who helped write many of its rhymes. Courtesy: Dr. Oriel Mar\u00eda Siu<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The pain of this personal deportation\u2014along with becoming a mother herself in 2013\u2014motivated Dr. Siu to write \u201cRebeldita la Alegre en el Pa\u00eds de los Ogros\u201d (Rebeldita the Fearless in Ogreland, Izote Press, 2020), a Spanish-language children\u2019s book that explores the issues of family separation, migration and deportation, all through the lens of a child.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe idea for a child character that does not stay quiet when facing injustice, one that understands and knows the history of Occupied America and its borders,\u201d Dr. Siu said. \u201cAnd a character that understands the joy and power of collectivity, rebelliousness, and her own ancestral history of resistance and survival, was born out of the thousands of children I saw out on the streets when we protested Obama\u2019s 3 million deportations, and out of a need to expose this long enduring history of family separation in the United States.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The story follows protagonist Rebeldita, a curious, hopeful and humorous little Central American girl of indigenous and African descent who migrates and lives in a land ruled by Ogres (an obvious metaphor for the United States). While in the company of her friends and family, Rebeldita lives in constant fear of the Ogres, who exploit and incarcerate anyone who isn\u2019t an Ogre\u2014even children.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One day, Rebeldita\u2019s friend Florecita tells her that the Ogres deported her father, leading Rebeldita and her friends to hatch a plan to defeat the Ogres and destroy their predatory system of family separation once and for all.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The daughter of a Chinese-Nicaraguan father and a Pipil Salvadoran mother, Dr. Siu was born in San Pedro Sula, Honduras and migrated to Los Angeles in 1997. When she gave birth to her daughter Suletu\u2014who wrote many of the fun rhymes in the book\u2014in Seattle, Washington in 2013, Dr. Siu noticed the erasure of children of color from books when she and Suletu would visit the library.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI had difficulty finding books that did not center white children and their lived experiences\u2026[that] empowered children of color, and moved away from shallow celebrations of diversity, and instead, interrupted white supremacy,\u201d Dr. Siu said. \u201cSo, another reason why I started writing the Rebeldita series is because I decided then, I needed to write the books I wanted my daughter to read.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The book is wonderfully illustrated by Dr. Siu\u2019s sister\u2014the muralist Alicia Mar\u00eda Siu\u2014whose art reflects the diversity that exists in what we know today as Latin America. Rather than being ashamed of the African and Indigenous roots that are present in many of our communities, Alicia embraces them through her art and portrayal of children in the book.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eltecolote.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Rebeldita_Cover_WEB-1.jpg?resize=431%2C415&#038;quality=89&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-46763\" width=\"431\" height=\"415\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eltecolote.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Rebeldita_Cover_WEB-1.jpg?resize=498%2C480&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 498w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eltecolote.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Rebeldita_Cover_WEB-1.jpg?resize=259%2C250&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 259w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eltecolote.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Rebeldita_Cover_WEB-1.jpg?resize=768%2C740&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eltecolote.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Rebeldita_Cover_WEB-1.jpg?resize=370%2C357&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 370w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eltecolote.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Rebeldita_Cover_WEB-1.jpg?resize=800%2C771&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eltecolote.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Rebeldita_Cover_WEB-1.jpg?resize=20%2C19&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 20w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eltecolote.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Rebeldita_Cover_WEB-1.jpg?resize=740%2C713&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 740w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eltecolote.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Rebeldita_Cover_WEB-1.jpg?resize=185%2C178&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 185w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eltecolote.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Rebeldita_Cover_WEB-1.jpg?resize=400%2C386&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eltecolote.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Rebeldita_Cover_WEB-1.jpg?resize=600%2C578&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eltecolote.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Rebeldita_Cover_WEB-1.jpg?resize=50%2C48&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 50w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eltecolote.org\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Rebeldita_Cover_WEB-1.jpg?w=974&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 974w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 431px) 100vw, 431px\" \/><figcaption>\u201cRebeldita la Alegre en el Pa\u00eds de los Ogros,\u201d a Spanish-language children\u2019s book written by Dr. Oriel Mar\u00eda Siu and published by Izote Press in 2020. Courtesy: Dr. Oriel Mar\u00eda Siu<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIf you take a careful look at Rebeldita, you will notice the Lenca scarf that she carries with her everywhere she goes, around her neck. With it, she expresses, embraces, and honors her indigenous roots, and those of the Americas,\u201d Dr. Siu said. \u201cShe is also clearly of African descent. Rebeldita is a child born out of the realities of Occupied America. She is Black and Brown survival and resistance in this continent. She knows her past and brings herself to change the present, while making sure to make herself visible and heard.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cShe is a life-affirming border smasher who believes in justice and the right of all children\u2014and their parents\u2014to live in joy,\u201d Dr. Siu said. \u201cAnd I\u2019ve created every single one of her qualities, intentionally.\u201d&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The English translation, written by Matthew Byrne, will be available in January 2021. And the second book in the Rebeldita series is expected to publish in July 2021. For that book, Dr. Siu will explore the prohibited history of the \u201cfirst Ogre to arrive in the Americas, \u00a1Crist\u00f3bal Cologro!\u201d (aka Christopher Columbus).&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Of all that she has accomplished in her academic and literary career, for Dr. Siu nothing compares to what she has accomplished in bringing Rebeldita to life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWriting for my daughter, and all children of color of the Americas, has since become the most important thing I can ever do with my remaining time on this planet,\u201d Dr. Siu said. \u201cNo other writing, in my view, can ever come close in importance. No academic publication\u2014and I have published extensively within academia\u2014has ever felt more imperative, or vital, than writing for my daughter and the children of the Americas.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To the fellow parents who are raising children whose histories have historically been erased from children\u2019s literature, please consider buying this book. It\u2019s a worthy read, and makes for a nice Christmas present. Purchase it directly from <a href=\"http:\/\/izotepress.com\">Izote Press<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From the separation of families to the caging of children at the border, the Trump administration has become distinctly known for its brutal, xenophobic and militarized response to migration from Central America.&nbsp; But for scholar, professor and children\u2019s author Dr. Oriel Mar\u00eda Siu, there is a deeper understanding of this country\u2019s legacy of government sponsored [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":35,"featured_media":46763,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"newspack_popups_has_disabled_popups":false,"newspack_featured_image_position":"","newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_article_summary_title":"Overview:","newspack_article_summary":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"newspack_show_updated_date":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18626],"tags":[],"coauthors":[18445],"class_list":["post-46825","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-books","entry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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