https://contemporaryracism.org/156248/the-current-hispanic-crisis/ An academic blog about whiteness, implicit bias, and systemic racism Wed, 11 Dec 2024 03:03:08 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://contemporaryracism.org/156248/the-current-hispanic-crisis/comment-page-1/#comment-1327 Wed, 11 Dec 2024 03:03:08 +0000 https://contemporaryracism.org/?p=156248#comment-1327 I really hear and resonate with everything Melissa is saying. In regard to Hispanics being the largest minority group in the United States yet simultaneously having a negative portrayal as “rapists,” “criminals,” “dangerous” and “drug dealers” speaks volumes. I believe that is the point of oppression, to make people believe they are something they are not, and to keep them divided. Historically speaking in slavery, black people easily outnumbered white people. The problem is unity, where there is no unity there is no community. The Haitian revolution of 1791 is testament to this. Once Haiti realized oppression first takes root in the mind, they understood a renewing of the mind could set their body free. At this point they fought back and were able to successfully overthrow the French regime.

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