This is an insightful read, profiling 9 Hispanic Americans, and how the El Paso massacre has changed their lives.
'It's real. It's violent': After El Paso, Latinos across America live in fear
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news...shooting-latino-hispanic-reaction/2027932001/
The mass shooting in El Paso was
one of the deadliest hate crimes in American history against Latinos.
The shooter left a manifesto with anti-Hispanic and anti-immigrant sentiment.
Now, the fear among Latino people is palpable.
Latinos are calling this a turning point. The shooting, they say, has peeled back the hate behind words they've tried to ignore. It has sliced open the racism many grew up learning to navigate.
How do you turn the other cheek, they wonder, when the weapon is loaded with bullets?
The killing of 22 people in a border city has left them fearful of living in their own country: because of the brown color of their skin, because they speak Spanish or because of where they or their families were born.
Dads are telling their daughters, “Por favor, cuidase, mija,” pleading with them to be careful at work, keep quiet, have an exit plan. School is starting and along with it, some mothers are worrying if they should let their children speak Spanish at school, let them walk to class alone. Friends are telling their amigas, the ones who speak Spanish with an accent, the ones who are darker, who are both immigrant and Latino: Be aware of your surroundings.
Here, Latino and Latina voices from across America tell us in their own words what it is to live in fear.
