I have always been taught to be proud of being Latina, proud of being Mexican, and I was. I was probably more proud of b — Erin Gruwell, The Freedom Writers Diary
I have always been taught to be proud of being Latina, proud of being Mexican, and I was. I was probably more proud of b — Erin Gruwell, The Freedom Writers Diary
I have always been taught to be proud of being Latina, proud of being Mexican, and I was. I was probably more proud of b — Erin Gruwell, The Freedom Writers Diary
I have always been taught to be proud of being Latina, proud of being Mexican, and I was. I was probably more proud of b — Erin Gruwell, The Freedom Writers Diary
I have always been taught to be proud of being Latina, proud of being Mexican, and I was. I was probably more proud of b — Erin Gruwell, The Freedom Writers Diary
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I have always been taught to be proud of being Latina, proud of being Mexican, and I was. I was probably more proud of being a "label" than of being a human being, that's the way most of us were taught.

— Erin Gruwell, The Freedom Writers Diary
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