"Puerto Ricans...castrate their children. As a reality check. Because they know the colonial systems will not allow their children to achieve all the things that they want in life. I saw that in my childhood. I saw this impotence that was imposed on me since my childhood. But I said, “I’m going to build an empire of uselessness. I’m going to take from the Americans the ingenuity, and I’m going to take from the Spaniards the wisdom.” And that’s what I do. I mix wisdom and ingenuity."
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Essayists from the United StatesShort story writers from the United StatesPlaywrights from the United StatesNovelists from Puerto RicoPoets from Puerto Rico
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On decolonization of the self. (ChiricĂş Journal, 2018)
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