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Cuba Is Like Going To A Whole Other Planet. It's So Different But It's So Similar To The United States, To Miami. It's Like A Doppelgaenger. It's The Mirror Image. And I Have No Doubt, That Once Cuba Becomes Democratic, That It Will Be The Favorite Tourist Destination For Americans.

-Henry Louis Gates

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Cuba Is Like Going To A Whole

Henry Louis Gates

Cuba Is Like Going To A Whole Other Planet. It's So Different But It's So Similar To The United States, To Miami. It's Like A Doppelgaenger. It's The Mirror Image. And I Have No Doubt, That Once Cuba Becomes Democratic, That It Will Be The Favorite Tourist Destination For Americans.

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