"Myths die hard. We humans define ourselves by the ideological teams we join. We are liberals or conservatives, Christians or atheists, Yankee fans or Red Sox fans. We filter facts to conform to our group’s ideology and then defend that ideology to the death. Only a truly momentous event can make us change teams…"
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Immigrants to the United StatesPeople from HavanaCuban AmericansPlaywrights from CubaActors from Cuba
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On people choosing sides and scapegoating others (as quoted in the book Nuestras Voces: Latino Plays, Volume One)
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