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The anti-immigrant logic has basically saturated our world. I'm staying, and I'm fighting.
Junot Diaz
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Junot Diaz
Age: 55
Born: 1968
Born: December 31
Faculty Member
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Science Fiction Writer
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Santo Domingo
Dominican Republic
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