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You can argue how migration stimulates the economy, or try to explain how structural racism happens anywhere. You can debate the validity of the nation state, and claim that identity is constructed like a flag on the moon. You might call for radical change, but that doesn’t change how people feel about these topics. How they feel depends on who they are, where they are, and how they’re able to relate their particular past. Our memories leave marks, and as the body remembers things it establishes habits. Even though everyone’s body and past are unique, many share a comparable experience.