THREAD: For years, I anglicized my Mexican last name. Hate mail from MAGA trolls inspired me to reclaim it. This column is deeply personal to me, but it's also about a broader movement to reclaim names as resistance.
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Jean Guerrero
@jeanguerre
Columnist, . Author of "Hatemonger" and "Crux: A Cross-Border Memoir." PEN Literary Award, NPR's Best Books
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5 days left until #GorditaChronicles leaves 😭😭😭 But we’re focusing on the positives! Today we’re spotlighting our incredible cast! Staring with our hilarious, charming, perfect little angel Olivia Goncalves!
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“His persecution narrative is now pushing people who might not like the longtime politico — but who care for disruptive protests even less — to rally by his side,” writes .
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A brilliant look by into a California border county: “Voting patterns among the valley’s more than 180,000 residents look like a paradox: trending progressive in some local races while inching toward Republicans in state and national ones.”
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NEW: California's most Latino county has been trending toward the Republican Party. I visited to investigate Democrats' failures in the Imperial Valley. latimes.com/opinion/story/ @latimes
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Latest column by members : If Democrats want support from California’s most Latino county, they’ll have to earn it #SomosLAT
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Only one more week of #GorditaChronicles on ! In honor of our amazing cast and crew pls check out these BTS photos! This is from a photo shoot we did to create family portraits for set dec for the Castelli apt.
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Thank you for this important Column about Imperial County. The Latino voter turnout and vote are never givens. We have to work for them!
If Democrats want support from California’s most Latino county, they’ll have to earn it
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Another must-read from . Such a specific story, but a story that feels like it can be so many other counties.
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NEW: California's most Latino county has been trending toward the Republican Party. I visited to investigate Democrats' failures in the Imperial Valley. latimes.com/opinion/story/ @latimes
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So Christmas season is in full swing — and you need a soundtrack for your fashion show en la sala. and I got you covered! 🎄
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Republicans have made gains in California's most Latino county, fueled by dissatisfaction with the status quo. State and federal leaders must do better by those who live or work in this border zone, writes . (via )
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For Democrats who mistake demographics for destiny, Imperial County is a mystery. It’s California’s most heavily Latino county, and yet Republicans have been making gains here. -- must-read piece from in
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NEW: California's most Latino county has been trending toward the Republican Party. I visited to investigate Democrats' failures in the Imperial Valley. latimes.com/opinion/story/
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An important read
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NEW: California's most Latino county has been trending toward the Republican Party. I visited to investigate Democrats' failures in the Imperial Valley. latimes.com/opinion/story/ @latimes
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This is really sad. The review of my book (Hatemonger) by was deeply thoughtful & one of the few that acknowledged the gravity of the subject matter. I second Seyward's sentiment here.
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It is a tragedy for media and publishing that @bookforum is shutting down. I am eternally grateful that they saw fit to let @JeffSharlet write about my book, in a kind of dialogue with @jeanguerre's. With Raymond Pettibon art to boot!
bookforum.com/print/2704/con
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Oh, that’s my hometown! So much more work needs to be done by CA Dems to convince people there they haven’t been forgotten.
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NEW: California's most Latino county has been trending toward the Republican Party. I visited to investigate Democrats' failures in the Imperial Valley. latimes.com/opinion/story/ @latimes
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The Imperial Valley is unlike any other place I’ve lived or spent time in. captures its many complexities, contradictions and layers in her latest column. #MustRead
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NEW: California's most Latino county has been trending toward the Republican Party. I visited to investigate Democrats' failures in the Imperial Valley. latimes.com/opinion/story/ @latimes
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“Trumpism is incompatible with the needs of this mixed-status community and will fizzle here. But Democrats’ one-way relationship with Imperial County, which feeds and powers cities, is also unsustainable.” , on CA’s most heavily Latino county.
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I like Jean's column about my hometown valley. It is true that a lot of people here have political leanings to the right when it comes to top-ballot candidates, and I do also believe much of that is shaped by misinfo on social media (Facebook mainly).
I'll explain 👇
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NEW: California's most Latino county has been trending toward the Republican Party. I visited to investigate Democrats' failures in the Imperial Valley. latimes.com/opinion/story/ @latimes
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A hard look at the complex political ecosystem along California's border with Mexico.
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NEW: California's most Latino county has been trending toward the Republican Party. I visited to investigate Democrats' failures in the Imperial Valley. latimes.com/opinion/story/ @latimes
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If Democrats want to hold Imperial County, they’ll have to work for it. Republicans have made gains in California’s most Latino county, fueled by dissatisfaction with the status quo. State and federal leaders must do better. latimes.com/opinion/story/ #border #politics
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Both political parties have increasingly abandoned class struggle in favor of sociocultural issues that divide workers down lines tracking educational attainment.
"Democrats in power must invest in better education and jobs in the Imperial Valley," writes .
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NEW: California's most Latino county has been trending toward the Republican Party. I visited to investigate Democrats' failures in the Imperial Valley. latimes.com/opinion/story/ @latimes
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NEW: California's most Latino county has been trending toward the Republican Party. I visited to investigate Democrats' failures in the Imperial Valley. latimes.com/opinion/story/
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Hours after (briefly) attending his first L.A. City Council meeting in months, Kevin de León was seen fighting with an activist Friday night. Per ’s report, the council member claimed he was assaulted. Activists said De León was the aggressor.
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Uh what?
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News Analysis: Elon Musk has tweeted about political topics regularly since taking over Twitter, often belittling some liberal causes. But what he stands for remains largely unclear. nyti.ms/3iWE23i
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In my most recent article, I examine how the major media covered Trump's call for the "termination" of the US Constitution & conclude the media still have not figured out how to cover Trump's extremism & the threat he poses to democracy. Please read/RT:
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The link for this story—"How Trump-Russia Denialism Led to Elon Musk’s Dangerous Twittergate Fail"—is
link.motherjones.com/public/29896178
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How did Trump-Russia denialism lead to @elonmusk’s dangerous Twittergate #fail? I explain in my #OurLand newsletter. Please give it a read & RT.
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"The heart of border-craft is the mass production and social organization of difference," writes in this lucid must-read. "Borders are not fixed lines demarcating territory. They are elastic; bordering regimes can be enforced anywhere."
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Yes! Yes! Yes!
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I'm thrilled to reveal the paperback cover for "Crux," coming Feb. 7, 2023. I wrote this book about chasing my father years ago, and it's a dream to see it in paperback. The photo is me and him in Baja CA. Pre-order: penguinrandomhouse.com/books/557106/c @penguinrandom
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Back in February, my colleague wrote about Joe Biden’s border surveillance empire, warning that we should care about this bc this technology would creep into our cities. Less than a year later she’s been proven correct
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Ive been thinking about that column since the news broke Tuesday that the San Francisco Board of Supervisors approved a plan that would allow police to exert lethal force using robots equipped with explosives. The final vote was 8-3.
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THIS JUST IN: Not too long ago, said he was the target of racism. But on the campaign trail, he claims racism doesn't exist in the US. Please read, RT & share my new piece on Walker's bizarre & inaccurate remarks on American racism.
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Latest column by member : Latino support for Karen Bass shows voters #SomosLAT rejecting Black-brown strife
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This Friday, is launching our first investigative story! A year-long investigation of the US Border Patrol and the migrant crisis in the Arizona desert. Check all details here, and more to come!
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With so much of media newly arriving to the topic of Black-Latino relations -- and tending to focus just on recent tensions & not historic solidarity -- it's gratifying to see someone see the complexities and get it right. Congrats,
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Being 1) from LA, 2) Latina, 3) always having worked on Black-Brown alliance-building, I’ve wanted to see more written about the white supremacist desire to divide Blacks & Latinos (and, frankly, minorities across identity) from each other. for :
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NEW: White nationalists delight in Black-Latino tensions because they know their agenda can’t succeed without Latinos embracing white supremacy. @KarenBassLA's mayoral victory is a blow to that vision of Latinos.
latimes.com/opinion/story/ @latimes
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“Coalitional thinking, embodied by [incoming L.A. mayor Karen] Bass’ career, is a threat to white extremism, which needs all groups to see themselves as separate. In the digital sewers of white nationalist publications, Black-brown conflict is celebrated.”
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“The need for Latinx representation is substantial and urgent. But Latinos shouldn’t view their own empowerment in opposition to Black power,” writes, referencing the L.A. City Council leaked-tape scandal. “Doing so would be self-defeating.”
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“Identity politics were originally a mechanism for building multiracial coalitions anchored in the firsthand experiences of oppressed groups—that is, before identity politics were co-opted for virtue-signaling, polarization and profit.” Read .
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Yeah- tenemos un problema grande con el Racismo.
Pero don't get it twisted. Latinos got big families- close knit community. We collect and correct our wayward members frequently.
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NEW: White nationalists delight in Black-Latino tensions because they know their agenda can’t succeed without Latinos embracing white supremacy. @KarenBassLA's mayoral victory is a blow to that vision of Latinos.
latimes.com/opinion/story/ @latimes
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Important. The tried and tested divide and conquer strategy failed this time.
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NEW: White nationalists delight in Black-Latino tensions because they know their agenda can’t succeed without Latinos embracing white supremacy. @KarenBassLA's mayoral victory is a blow to that vision of Latinos.
latimes.com/opinion/story/ @latimes
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