Satire: You're doing it right, Nez
News with Nezua: The Invisible Flower
JUDGING BY THE EGREGIOUS SILENCE on mainstream U.S. infotainment stations, one might assume that the life and premeditated murder of an innocent child is only worth our compassion and outrage if she is white. Because the brutal shooting and home invasion that swallowed up the life of nine year-old Brisenia Flores has had a hard time getting any play on major “news” outlets.
AND SO IT FALLS ON US here at UMX-as well as at other blogs and independent news sites-to spread the word; to remember the name and smile of Brisenia Flores; to make clear that this killing is no isolated event perpetrated by a couple “crazies,” but is woven tightly to the anti-Mexican/anti-immigrant/anti-Latin@ sentiment that festers in so many layers of popular US culture.
And yes, the silence is egregious. When Forde's trial began, I realized that lots of people on my feeds had never even heard about Brisenia and that is unacceptable. The murder of a 9 year old little girl in her home by racist, anti-immigrant terrorists is something each of us should have heard about.
JUDGING BY THE EGREGIOUS SILENCE on mainstream U.S. infotainment stations, one might assume that the life and premeditated murder of an innocent child is only worth our compassion and outrage if she is white. Because the brutal shooting and home invasion that swallowed up the life of nine year-old Brisenia Flores has had a hard time getting any play on major “news” outlets.
AND SO IT FALLS ON US here at UMX-as well as at other blogs and independent news sites-to spread the word; to remember the name and smile of Brisenia Flores; to make clear that this killing is no isolated event perpetrated by a couple “crazies,” but is woven tightly to the anti-Mexican/anti-immigrant/anti-Latin@ sentiment that festers in so many layers of popular US culture.
And yes, the silence is egregious. When Forde's trial began, I realized that lots of people on my feeds had never even heard about Brisenia and that is unacceptable. The murder of a 9 year old little girl in her home by racist, anti-immigrant terrorists is something each of us should have heard about.