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Vicente L. Rafael

Trayvon Martin and Edward Snowden

by Vicente L. Rafael

Could we say that within the particular imperial and racial nexus we find ourselves in, that Snowden, despite his obvious differences from Trayvon, might also share his fate?

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Vicente L. Rafael

Trayvon Martin and Edward Snowden

by Vicente L. Rafael