"Yeah, but his downfall is that he has an Achilles phallus."
-Guy at the top of the triple chair at the Santa Fe ski basin talking to two male friends.
Older white woman sitting in audience next to another well-known santero/carver:
"Oh, I see the artists are both wearing hats; do all Hispanics like to wear hats?"
Well-known Hispanic artist:
"I think those two just like to wear them as part of their look."
Older white woman:
"Oh, well, I thought I'd ask, because at the senior center whenever they ask us to remove our hats, none of the Hispanic men want to."
Well-known Hispanic artist:
"Hmm, I wouldn't know."
-Overheard at a well-known Hispanic artist's lecture at MOIFA.
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