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“We didn’t cross the border, the border crossed us.”
It’s a common expression among LatinX Americans, and it was what I heard earlier this week when I was in San Antonio for my latest Velshi Across America conversation. #velshi
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Replying to @AliVelshi
I worked in the LRGV along the banks of the Rio Bravo for a while. Special place. Wish everyone understood this history. There was another meaningful phrase used by people I loved - 'crossing borders of awareness by bringing awareness to the border'
7:31 AM - 2 Oct 2021
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