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We're always going to have prejudices ... I don't think we can change society. You can only change individual by individual. And you can change yourself.

Esmeralda Santiago

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Esmeralda Santiago
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: May 17
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Writer
San Juan
Puerto Rico
Individual
Change
Going
Always
Think
Thinking
Prejudices
Prejudice
Society

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