"…I think borders do not protect us, they wall us in. I think White Supremacy can be defeated by people reclaiming their histories and seeing how structural racism once excluded many from Whiteness that it now includes–a testament to its problematic construct. I think cultures, like our personal identities, are fluid, not rigid, and inform each other, and we should celebrate that as well. I believe that when we see this history, we can understand that the people and the forces that are working so damn hard these days to keep us separated from one another are a part of the long arc of history that has been doing so since this country began, and probably well before that…"
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On his play Sin Muros in “SIN MUROS: INTERVIEW WITH “THE CORRIDO OF THE SAN PATRICIOS” PLAYWRIGHT BETO O’BYRNE” in The Theatre Times (2019 Jan 24)
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