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Laura Pegram
December 3, 2009

La Hija de Changó by Ivelisse Rodriguez

Laura Pegram
December 3, 2009
La Hija de Changó by Ivelisse Rodriguez

That’s the problem with these Whitney School kids, all this education and you’d think they’d be less apt to make stupid ass comments.  Me and Melo are the only ones from Spanish Harlem here and as much as they sweat us for being from there, it doesn’t stop them from lapsing into their privilege. 

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