a pov from a poc?

No, no, just an­oth­er cop­per child here.

His­pan­ics aren’t a race.

And tech­ni­cal­ly we are white (ask the Cen­sus or any form).

We’re an eth­nic­i­ty, and like Asians, a lot of us just got here or are re­mind­ed our par­ents re­cent­ly did.

“No one speaks for us there.”
—My first col­lege art pro­fes­sor and Mex­i­can mu­ral­ist, ges­tur­ing to­wards Wash­ing­ton DC

I can see how some­one would see a dem­a­gogue, like Trump, and see some­thing dif­fer­ent than a dan­ger­ous blowhard.

Every­one wants a Su­per­man type (me es­pe­cial­ly).

But there’s qui­et brav­ery in mor­tal­i­ty and hon­esty.

Lati­nos aren’t spe­cial. Every one of us just clocks in and does the hard work of liv­ing.

Liv­ing is work. And in­di­vid­ual fail­ure isn’t an op­tion for us.

There’s an an­them of sorts we all know:

El Sol que tu eres (The sun that you are)

Record­ed by Daniel Chavez with Lin­da Ron­stadt, he learned it pick­et­ing with Ce­sar Chavez, farm la­bor­ers have sung it for cen­turies.

Theres a line that says:

“The sun is fair to every­one as it spreads its light, you should teach my Boss how to be like you.”

Though some of us may choose to vote white, we all work in the cop­per sun re­gard­less.

Maybe those Latin votes are a mes­sage from the sun.

It’s not an ex­cuse.

I don’t think Trump learned the qui­et lessons of the field. I hope it reach­es him.

But if you re­al­ly want an opin­ion, ask a Lati­na.

They speak for us.

I mean it. My wife and our women are our avatars.

Oth­er­wise, I just know we’re too stub­born to sway.

 

—louis her­nan­dez

Flom­mist Louis Her­dan­dez is ob­sessed with go­ing Bauhaus and be­com­ing The Ma­chine. Prefer­ably a drill press. Copy­right © 2020 Louis Her­nan­dez. Pic­tured: Diego Rivera, Peas­ants, 1931, source.

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