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Indigenous Latino L.A. residents feel hurt, betrayed by racist remarks

It’s not just the hurtful remarks that sting Xóchitl M. Flores-Marcial, a Zapotec scholar and professor of Chicana/o Studies at California State University, Northridge. She called it very telling about the officials who make decisions affecting her community. She said she grew up in the United States hearing hurtful words and still faces similar rejection whenever she travels to Oaxaca and people there are surprised she’s the research team leader.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/indigenous-latino-l-residents-feel-hurt-betrayed-racist-remarks-rcna52063

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The same story ran in dozens media around the country, including AOL News, Star-Telegram, Latino Rebels, KERO, Jacksonville Journal-Courier, AP and the Seattle Times.

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