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Junot D铆az
“They say it came from Africa, carried in the screams of the enslaved; that it was the death bane of the Tainos, uttered just as one world perished and another began; that it was a demon drawn into Creation through the nightmare door that was cracked open in the Antilles. Fuk煤 americanus, or more colloquially, 蹿耻办煤 - generally a curse or doom of some kind; specifically the Curse and the Doom of the New World.

No matter what its name or provenance, it is believed that the arrival of Europeans on Hispaniola unleashed 蹿耻办煤 on the world, and we've all been in the shit ever since.”
Junot Diaz, The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao

Junot D铆az
“They say it came first from Africa, carried in the screams of the enslaved; that it was the death bane of the Thainos, uttered just as one world perished and another began; that it was a demon drawn into Creation through the nightmare door that was cracked open in the Antilles. Fuk煤 Americanus, or more colloquially, 蹿耻办煤-generally a curse or a doom of some kind; specifically the Curse and Doom of the New World.”
Junot D铆az, The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao

“In the history of all empires, it has proved difficult to enslave the local population for the benefit of foreign invaders. The indigenous inhabitants refuse to work, die off or leave to go elsewhere. Slaves have to be brought in from outside. The Indians of Cuba proved no exception to this. Many had been massacred during the punitive expedition of P谩nfilo, but many simply withdrew their labour and disappeared into the hills.”
Richard Gott, Cuba: A New History

Jenny Delacruz
“Nia learned that our self-identity and connection to our roots is so powerful it can impact not only the course of our lives but also that of generations to come.”
Jenny Delacruz, Fridays With Ms. M茅lange