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My name is Beatriz. There was this one time I remember when I was 9 and I experienced discrimination. My family and I were going to Mexico and had to go through Missouri and we tried to stop and eat at a local restaurant. The owners would not serve us due to our nationality. My dad had to go back in and ask again if the owner would serve us because he had children in the car. The owner only let him buy 2 sandwhiches for my brother and I . To this day I still remember it.

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