For me, mole has always been personal. It’s a bridge to my family, my memories and to Mexico itself. But lately, it’s become political too. In these past months, as Trump’s administration has run roughshod over any pretense of humanity in the way America treats immigrants, I’ve been thinking about how culture itself can be criminalized, policed, restricted and erased.
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