I have a commitment to many of my major characters who have brown skin. That's a commitment to the story of a different character that you're not use… - Ana Castillo

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I have a commitment to many of my major characters who have brown skin. That's a commitment to the story of a different character that you're not used to seeing in literature. In Julio Cortázar's work, for example, I can deal with his Latin American history, I can deal with the language, but his women have white, porcelain skin. They're Argentine, probably from a European background.