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...being Latino means being from everywhere, and that is exactly what America is supposed to be about.

Raquel Cepeda , in Bird of Paradise: How I Became Latina
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Perhaps finding out that we carry New World history in our genes will transcend racial checkboxes altogether and enable Latino-Americans to rethink what America is supposed to look like.

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