In the @latimes article, @nicolesantacruz @LATvives and @marisagerber make some really troubling assumptions.
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Venezuela. Cuba. Brasil. Paraguay. Argentina. Chile. Bolivia. Peru. Massive revolutions. These aren't conforming, docile people.
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So please. Stop buying into these silly arguments based on bad assumptions about why latino killings by cops don't get more attention.
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Stop making the work of people like
@osope—who ALWAYS says "black and brown lives" whoever she gets the chance—invisible. -
Stop thinking the Catholic Church hasn't had its own revolutionaries, like the Blessed Óscar Romero.
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Stop buying into the notion that latinos comes from meek people who haven't consistently fought—and died—for theirs.
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And start getting real. The killing of latinos by cops will get attention when latino people decide to put in the work to make it happen.
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And trust: black folks will support it. Black latinos especially. And non-latino black people, too. But the work's gotta happen first.
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Funny how people who ain't even from LA are up in my mentions telling me I have an East Coast analysis on cops killing latinos. foh.
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For starters, I'm from LA. And I live in LA. It's in my bio but I guess you got assumptions. That's on you.
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But it doesn't really matter. Cops are killing latinos in New York, too. And in every other state.
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And yes, *some* organize when cops kill. I've had friends and family members killed by cops. Don't tell me I don't know this firsthand.
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But latinos aren't organizing against cops killing us nationally. And we haven't been doing it for generations, either.
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We haven't come up with with unique frameworks and messaging. And we've been stealing a # that 3 black women put in serious work to create.
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If you think
#BlackLivesMatter
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We're not talking about one hashtag. Or a handful of protests. We're talking about countless hours of work—through generations.
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Put in that work. If you still get ignored—years later—then we'll talk if the media is still actually ignoring you.
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@aurabogado I think people in the US don't realize what happened when the Hapsburgs thought they were going to send family over to be theThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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