Last September 16th, I was walking in downtown Seattle when this pick-…

Sherman Alexie
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Last September 16th, I was walking in downtown Seattle when this pick-up truck pulls up in front of me. Guy leans out the window and yells, Go back to your own country, and I was laughing so hard because it wasn't so much a hate crime as a crime of irony. ✨ Sherman Alexie: Up All Night. Now with Bill Moyers, www.pbs.org. October 4, 2002.
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