Based on the truth of this country’s history, was never any indication it could ever be anything… | by Briana L. Urena-Ravelo | Medium

Briana L. Urena-Ravelo

1 min readAug 27, 2017

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Based on the truth of this country’s history, was never any indication it could ever be anything but wretched, as it is now. People need to come to terms with that.

Briana L. Urena-Ravelo

Written by Briana L. Urena-Ravelo

Writer. Community organizer. Errant punk. Ne’er do well. Fire starter. Email: Dominicanamalisima@gmail.com

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