Essay by Julissa Roldan class 2022 of Connecticut College
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Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico, and my Massachusetts city had also been torn apart. In a city where nearly half of the population is Puerto Rican, the destination of people fleeing the island had immediately come into question, “Why are they coming here? Our schools already don’t have enough books for our students, never mind Puerto Rican refugees.”
These are words out of my French and Irish uncle’s mouth. As he looked in my brown eyes ...
