A neighborhood can be like an extended family where you share emotions including joy, regret, anguish, hope, resignation, and relief but mostly grow a sense of self. P. 88.
One detail imperative in education is that parents should read with and to their children, and for Barrio children, they should read with them in both languages, but this did not happen enough. P. 148 Proper education is a worldwide undertaking.
How do cultures measure the sensation of space, movement, time, cause and effect, fate and free will? Family and space is critically different in many non-Anglo cultures, and Anglos fail to comprehend that. An understanding of these differences, and connecting their dots, can lead to better coexistence. P. 150. (Architecture. Culture.)
A call from the bank: Sir, this is a courtesy call just for your information. We just received a call from a City of Tucson staff asking us to deny the approval of the loans we have in the files for the Family Group. We told them that that would not happen, and not to call again.” P. 525
The original difference here is that English immigrants brought their entire family to settle in America. Their women partook more in the decision-making, while the Spaniard male came alone to create wealth and return to a family back in Spain. Women were not included, and their opinions were absent… P. 470