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WHEN I GOT HOME FROM SCHOOL, I WOULD FIND HER SITTING ON THE COUCH, WATCHING HER FAVORITE
SHOW - WHEEL OF FORTUNE. SHE SAT THERE, WIDE-EYED. ENTRANCED. SHE COULD NOT SPEAK ENGLISH,
BUT THAT DID NOT STOP HER FROM SHOUTING LETTERS AT THE SCREEN, AS IF IT WAS HER TURN TO PLAY.
WINNING
MEANT
THE
DREAM.
AMERICAN
GAME
AS
AS IF WINNING AMERICA’S GAME MEANT WINNING THE AMERICAN DREAM.
IF
AMERICA’S
WINNING