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Sarah Gonzales.

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"My Father and I."

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"My father, battle
scars decades long

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stretch across his brown skin.

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He used to always grab me by
the arm, whispering 'education.'

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At 15, he was king of the
barrio in San Antonio,

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ruling the streets
with fists and fear.

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50 years later, they
still bow to him.

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When we go there, he points
out dilapidated buildings,

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bustling avenidas, and
unchanged bus lines

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that mark his memories like
he marked those territories.

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Stories like
lectures to form me,

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but in college, I schooled
the poli sci professor

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on the politics of a cease fire.

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See, even the streets
whisper 'education.'"

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Sarah Gonzales.

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