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How Gladiator II reminds me of Palestine

How Gladiator II reminds me of Palestine

(*no spoilers*) This is not a review of the film, but a reflection on how I see the world and how the world chooses not to see us.

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One thing I will never understand about the American people is how they can cheer and root for the underdogs, the marginalized, the poor, the protestors, the wronged, the ones who resist, and so on, …

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