The other night at a neighborhood restaurant the waiter, after mentioning he had read my books, said about himself, "I'm white, I'm nothing.” But that was what I wanted, you see, growing up in America-the freedom of being nothing, the confidence of it, the arrogance. And I achieved it. (Richard Rodriguez)

The other night at a neighborhood restaurant the waiter, after mentioning he had read my books, said about himself, "I'm white, I'm nothing.” But that was what I wanted, you see, growing up in America-the freedom of being nothing, the confidence of it, the arrogance. And I achieved it.

Richard Rodriguez

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