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Dec 2020
31m 33s

Lizania Cruz on the Fallacy of the Ameri...

THE SLOWDOWN
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Dominican artist, curator, and activist Lizania Cruz, whose latest project, “Obituaries of the American Dream,” was commissioned by El Museo del Barrio for “Estamos Bien: La Trienal 20/21,” discusses the difference between integration and assimilation, storytelling as a means for understanding, and why traveling between states in the U.S. should be considere ... Show More
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