Colors of the Wind: The Story of Blind Artist and Champion Runner George Mendoza Americans and the California Dream " Her character Ruby dramatizes

" Her character Ruby dramatizes the gritty reality of a Native woman's life ("I laugh / sit / smoke a Virginia Slim / and talk to the spirits")

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Colors of the Wind: The Story of Blind Artist and Champion Runner George Mendoza Americans and the California Dream " Her character Ruby dramatizesGeorge was one of those kids. You know, the kind that never stays still. And then one day, the doctor said he was going blind. Did that slow George down? Not for a single second. In fact, he was so fast, he went on to break a world record for blind runners. And now he's breaking more barriers because ironically, George Mendoza, blind painter, paints what he sees. George Mendoza started going blind at age 15 from a degenerative eye disease. It wasn't