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I wanted everything. What could you not want when you are brown and Indian-looking in a society in which the white aesthetic is praised as acceptable?

Ana Castillo

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Ana Castillo
Age: 71
Born: 1953
Born: June 15
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Chicago
Illinois
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Wanted
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Everything
Aesthetic
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Indian
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