There Should be Something Different About This Year’s Hispanic Heritage Month (Latina Lista)

“Not because it’s a new year, but because it’s a new climate where the Latino community needs to take advantage of the full 30 days ”” and not just party, but strategize a public relations campaign that tells its side of the story.

Here and there reports are filtering in that some communities are seeing a rise in hate crimes or that legal Latinos are being swept up in the heightened hysteria by their local law enforcement to detain suspected illegals or that mainstream society suffers from the delusion that all Hispanics are illegally here, or just arrived.

Whatever it is, it’s clear that this year’s Hispanic Heritage Month has to consist of more than just a parade and a fiesta.”

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