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Mexico. Melancholy, Profoundly Right And Wrong, It Embraces As It Strangulates.

I've Spent My Whole Life In Chicago Being Asked Where Am I From, So That I Have A Sense Of Displacement That Also Is Very Psychologically Disorienting.

According To Our Social Pyramid, All Men Who Feel Displaced Racially, Culturally, And/or Because Of Economic Hardships Will Turn On Those Whom They Feel They Can Order And Humiliate, Usually Women, Children, And Animals--just As They Have Been Ordered And Humiliated By Those Privileged Few Who Are In Power. However, This Definition Does Not Explain Why There Are Privileged Men Who Behave This Way Toward Women.

I Feel That It's Very Important For Young People To Have A Sense Of History And Do Research And Don't Re-invent The Wheel And Don't Think That You're The First Martyr To Discover Social Injustice But To Take Advantage Of Previous Generations Of Activists And Find Out What They Did And How They Resolved Things.

You Know You Have That Zealousness Of The Young Person That Feels Like You Can Go Out And Do It All. You Know You Save The World, Save Your Gente, Save Women And Before You Know It If You Try To Do That You Will Burn Out Very Quickly. My Feeling Is That I Always Think That And My Advice To Young People Regardless Of What Times In These Decades We've Been Living In There's Always Work To Be Done. The Point Is What Can You Do Personally That You Can Live With So That You Can Get Up The Next Morning And Have The Strength To Start It All Over Again.