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"The blacks, those magnificent examples of the African race who have conserved their racial purity by a lack of affinity with washing, have seen their patch invaded by a different kind of slave: The Portuguese. the black is indolent and fanciful, he spends his money on frivolity and drink; the European comes from a tradition of working and saving which follows him to this corner of America and drives him to get ahead."
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Source: Ernesto Guevara, David Deutschmann (2003). “Che Guevara Reader: Writings on Politics & Revolution”, p.225, Ocean Press
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