Isabel Allende on her life as a refugee, the decline of the West and war being a male construct
Ways to Change the World with Krishnan Guru-Murthy
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The Class System in Chila
The class system in chila is very prevalent, and it's the equivalent of racism in the united states. When i said that, i saw her like a victim. It's because my mother was sick all the time. She had awful migranes. Any any minor cold would become pneumonia. And i saw her suffering. What did that mean? How you then saw your life? I wanted to be like my grandfather. But of course, there was a point in puberty when i started developing breasts, which i didn't like at all. And then i realized that i could not be a man, but i could live like one, if if i worked hard enough.
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