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When We Were Sisters

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A gorra? his mom asked, the brown women in his family looking at each other, confused. She found Islam because of me! he explained, exasperated, not understanding why people couldn't see how he was going to earn extra points to heaven, his love enough to make someone convert. You went to America and fell out of love with us, his mom sighed, dramatic, as usual. But brown women were so plentiful. He knew he could have them. White women found every simple thing he did exciting. It opened him. The lota in the bathroom, a marvel. Basic fruit chaat, the spiciest thing they'd ever tasted. How interesting he could become. A gorra?

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