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I started to think why people feel comfortable disrespecting us in a way that’s just not normal or natural. And I started to think that it's because our contributions aren't in history textbooks.

— John Leguizamo

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He wanted to be a lawyer, couldn't afford it, so he started dealing to go to college - good intention.

Education is the first step to empowerment.

You see all these white heroes, everybody is white, all the literature classes—your Shakespeare, your poetry — everybody’s white, and you start to feel less than.

He thinks he can use the jail for networking to be somebody. In that way, he's always operating.

Latins for Republicans - it's like roaches for Raid.

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