Opening(s)

My husband just emailed me about two openings in the Community College closest to our house -- the only one I'd be interested in teaching at this point, since the other ones are so far away.

The first opening doesn't really apply because it's for Spanish (oh, how I repent at these moments for not having made Spanish one of my secondary languages/literatures! -- they are English, Portuguese, French)

But the second opening is great because it is truly "open." It's a diversity faculty fellowship program aimed at promoting the career of exceptional junior faculty and has a relatively light teaching load (for a CC): two classes in the Fall, three in the Spring.

Problem is... am I diverse enough? I do not really identify myself as H!span!c, only in instances when it might make a positive difference, you know. Most often I think of myself as c@ucasian since I'm a Brazilian of mostly European origin. Of course for this application I would say I'm H!spanic, and I DO specialize in a Latin American (though NOT Hispanic) literature. In addition I am very interested in issues of ethnicity, my three publications are exactly about that (Afro-Brazilian aspects of Brazilian children's literature).

Anyway. I'm excited. And I hope other possibilities arise if this one proves fruitless.