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All Americans were immigrants at one point or another,_ he explained in his letters to his parents. Even his father Manuel migrated to Puerto Rico. Manuel was deemed a Peninsular, an immigrant from Spain, and sometimes even the Puerto Rican-born, the criollos, resented the Spanish-born newcomers. Manuel was familiar with being singled out, although not quite as much as Antonio felt while in New York. __t is amazing how people tend to forget their past,_ Antonio wrote to his parents, surprised. __ recall what you told me about Maestro Rafael, Papá, when he said to you __ever forget your history.
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All Americans were immigrants at one point or another,_ he explained in his letters to his parents. Even his father Manuel migrated to Puerto Rico. Manuel was deemed a Peninsular, an immigrant from Spain, and sometimes even the Puerto Rican-born, the criollos, resented the Spanish-born newcomers. Manuel was familiar with being singled out, although not quite as much as Antonio felt while in New York. __t is amazing how people tend to forget their past,_ Antonio wrote to his parents, surprised. __ recall what you told me about Maestro Rafael, Papá, when he said to you __ever forget your history.

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