Quote by Rosario Ferré: “The only wall between justice and injustice is our decision to act.”

Injustice does not persist because it is too powerful to stop. It persists because people with the ability to act choose not to. This puts moral responsibility squarely on individuals — not on forces beyond control — and makes inaction a form of choice.

Puerto Rico in the early 1970s was at the center of debates about independence, US colonialism, and women's rights. Ferré was deeply engaged in literary and political circles in San Juan that were challenging both American imperialism and traditional gender roles in Puerto Rican culture.

Puerto Rican novelist, short story writer, and essayist who used fiction to challenge Puerto Rico's colonial status, class hierarchies, and gender oppression. Her debut collection Papeles de Pandora, published in 1976, established her as one of the most important Caribbean voices of the twentieth century.