Friends started saying, "Oh, don't come. No vengas. It's dangerous for us, and we live here. " Then … - Sandra Cisneros

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Sandra Cisneros

Friends started saying, "Oh, don't come. No vengas. It's dangerous for us, and we live here. " Then there's also the issue, if you go back, and you happen to be Mexican-American, you get treated very differently [in Mexico] than if you're blond. If you say something wrong, they say, "Why don't you learn your mother tongue?"

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