Brenda Nicolas (Zoochina Zapotec) (@bnico004) 's Twitter Profile
Brenda Nicolas (Zoochina Zapotec)

@bnico004

PhD | Assist. Prof. | Global Studies at UC Irvine l @NASEMFordFellow | Critical Indigenous studies, Latin America, diasporas, settler colonialism. #Oaxaqueña

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Willie Quiroz (@noturpapichulo) 's Twitter Profile Photo

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

We Are IOC (@ioc_socal) 's Twitter Profile Photo

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.

Brenda Nicolas (Zoochina Zapotec) (@bnico004) 's Twitter Profile Photo

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

Soy de un pueblo alegre!!! Oaxacans are beautiful! We continue to exist & resist! Happy Indigenous Peoples Day! #Guelaguetza 1999 #Picounion #LA #Oaxaca #Oaxacans #happyindigenouspeoplesday
MVR (@mvasquezruiz13) 's Twitter Profile Photo

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.

mony (@moneycaa) 's Twitter Profile Photo

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

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
Brenda Nicolas (Zoochina Zapotec) (@bnico004) 's Twitter Profile Photo

*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