being soft in a world begging you to resist the love in you is a revolutionary practice.

It really does not surprise me how Anti-Indigenous and Anti-Black these Mexican LA politicians are. We hear it all the time from Indigenous/Oaxacan folks from LA who face this rhetoric daily from non-Indigenous Mexicans. And 9 times out of 10 it's always the LA Chicanos who

Sharing this so our community is aware of the anti-Black and anti-Indigenous remarks made by LA City Councilmembers Nury Martínez, Kevin de Leon, and Gil Cedillo. In this excerpt of a longer audio leaked from a 2021 meeting, they make racist remarks about Oaxacans in Koreatown.

Soy de un pueblo alegre!!! Oaxacans are beautiful! We continue to exist & resist! Happy Indigenous Peoples Day! #Guelaguetza 1999 #Picounion #LA #Oaxaca #Oaxacans #happyindigenouspeoplesday

Nury Martinez, Kevin de León, Gill Cedillo & Ron Herrera’s comments are very illustrative of the limits of latinidad. In a conversation about building a “ Latino caucus” they made it clear that us, Oaxacans are a racial other. “ Short little dark people” they do not represent.

Hi Nury @CD6Nury ! To answer your questions…I’m one of those short brown Oaxacans living in Koreatown. I’m from a “village” in los Valles Centrales. Who are you? 🤎 #happyindigenouspeoplesday

*Multiple Indigenous Oaxacan band members come together* at #LACityHall during a vigil with Black community members to demand the resignation of Martinez, Cedillo, & DeLeon. ❤️ #Gozona #Indigenous #Black #LA #Oaxaca

My Oaxacan heart yesterday, today, and always! 🦗⛰️🤎✊🏾

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