Joaquin Castro Just over a year ago, a gunman drove more than 600 miles to shoot and kill people because he viewed Latinos, who have lived in El Paso long before the U.S.
was even founded, as invaders. The massacre in a Walmart not far from the U.S.-Mexico border was an act of terror — the deadliest attack against Latinos in more than 100 years.What motivated such monstrous hate?
I am asking this question not only as the chairman of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, but also as the father of two Latino children.
Today there is a dangerous nexus between the racist political rhetoric and the negative images of Latinos as criminals and invaders that Americans see on their screens.It’s clear that many Americans have a fundamental.
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