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We aren’t encouraged to think for ourselves and ask questions. We are expected to accept what they teach us as infallible truths.

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This thing I am feeling, I’m almost certain, is the closest I’ll ever come to standing somewhere in between truth and reconciliation.

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When we illuminate the road back to our ancestors, they have a way of reaching out, of manifesting themselves...sometimes even physically.

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I fall in love with Paraíso. It’s like a giant playground where I’m never scolded for running around recklessly, where I’m almost overwhelmed with the...more

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Sometimes opposites attract, or so they say, but Paloma and Rocío were like arroz and mangú: they didn’t really mix well.

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Hip-hop, this thing we love that loves us back, is our lingua franca.

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For some, excavating the past isn’t an adventure, it’s more akin to tearing a Band-Aid off an open wound.

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You are meant to be, despite how you got here; you’ll see someday.