In the minds of many Filipinos, the United States has long stood as the land of opportunity. Many of us have undoubtedly admired the bustling cities such as New York and San Francisco, and many of our own countrymen have likewise migrated to the “land of the free” in search of better lives and employment options.
Many of us students have also dreamt of attending prestigious American institutions such as Harvard and Stanford.
However, the “land of the free” is no longer as free as we were originally led to believe. Recent events have revealed that the US is not only the home of the brave, but also the home of bigoted behavior.
The 2012 shooting of African-American t…
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