UC Must-Reads: ‘It Feels Like Being Hunted’: Latinos Across U.S. in Fear After El Paso Massacre

BY Led Black (@Led_Black)

I have spent a good part of the last week with red hot tears of anger and sadness pouring out of my eyes. The massacres at El Paso and Dayton were quickly followed by several heartless raids conducted by ICE in Mississippi. This article in the NY Times succinctly captures how many Latinos across the country are feeling right now. The last few days have been a wake up call for many. Trump and the Republican party are waging a war on Latinos. We ALL have a target on our back!

Check out: UC Must-Reads: ‘It Feels Like Being Hunted’: Latinos Across U.S. in Fear After El Paso Massacre

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Read that quote. Read it again. And again. And tell me that that’s not exactly what we had happen this week IN THE BIGGEST ICE RAIDS IN AMERICAN HISTORY where the school day ended and kids simply discovered that their parents were gone.

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This is what it sounds like when you take a child’s parents away from them. This girl is an American citizen. Her parents have been here for nearly 15 years. They work their asses off in a damn chicken factory in the middle of Mississippi. And now this. Just devastating. Don’t look away. Don’t look away. Don’t you fucking dare look away. She’s begging for help.

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