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Foisting an identity on people rather than allowing them the freedom and space to create their own is shady.

Raquel Cepeda , in Bird of Paradise: How I Became Latina
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The tension between people is palpable, and the ideal of what it means to be and look American becomes a preoccupation to folks around the country, including me.

Raquel Cepeda , in Bird of Paradise: How I Became Latina
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