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Thu Sep 03, 2009 at 12:31:42 PM EDT
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Imagine, if you woke up every morning having to fear being beaten with a baseball bat; attacked with BB guns, pepper spray, or objects thrown from passing cars; run off the road while riding bicycles; or having your home lit on fire. Imagine if you were too afraid to let your children play outside, and your family was too afraid to walk outside after dark. According to a report released yesterday by the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), that's the reality that many Latino immigrants living in Suffolk County, New York, USA have faced for the past few years.
This is not the past we're talking about; this is the current reality for many Latinos in Suffolk County. As astounding as that might sound, according to the SPLC report, dozens of Latinos have been attacked these ways over the course of the last decade.
The scores of interviews and research that substantiate the SPLC report point to the sad fact that the tragic death of Marcelo Lucero, which we've reported on extensively, was not the beginning or the end of the vicious cycle of fear and hate, but rather the apex of a culture gone wrong.
So when did this start? Who's perpetuating the violence? How will it end? These are some of the questions that the report reviews. The report traces much of the hate-mongering to nativist groups, such as the now defunct Sachem Quality of Life organization that fanned the flames of fears of immigrants, as well as to the failure of everyday systems, such as that reflected by police indifference to reports of attacks on immigrants, choosing to question alleged victims on their immigration status instead. Moreover, anti-immigrant statements made by elected officials, such as Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy, former county legislator Michael M. D'Andre, and former county legislator Elie Mystal, only served to add fuel to the fire and legitimate nativist rhetoric. According to The New York Times :
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Wed Aug 19, 2009 at 11:20:01 AM EDT
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Nine months after the brutal murder of Marcelo Lucero in Patchogue, New York, (which we chronicled here, here, and here) another attack is being reported from that same Long Island city. The victim of last Friday's attack said that he was attacked on Division Avenue in Patchogue by three young White men who hit him, knocked him to the ground, and robbed him while making bigoted slurs.
Sadly, the nature of the attack bears striking similarities to the hate crime committed against Marcelo Lucero, who was attacked and killed in November of 2008 by several White teenagers while walking near the train station.
The Lucero incident led to a U.S. Department of Justice investigation on hate crimes in Long Island. Authorities now say that the Lucero killing was a part of an anti-Latino crime spree that spans more than one year.
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Mon Jul 06, 2009 at 15:12:50 PM EDT
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In the wake the recent shooting at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, the murder of Dr. George Tiller, and continued attacks against immigrants, Attorney General Eric Holder has asked Congress for a tougher hate crimes bill.
"If there was ever a doubt about the need for this legislation, I think that has been pretty much done away with by the events that we've seen in our nation here in Washington, DC... I think the time is right, the time is now for the passage of this legislation," he said.
We couldn't agree more. The FBI reports that hate crimes against Latinos have risen 40% over the past four years. The Southern Poverty Law Center reports that the number of hate groups targeting Latinos and immigrants has increased by 54% since 2000.
These are not just statistics. People are being beaten to death simply because they are Latino. Luis Ramirez, a 25-year-old immigrant, was beaten to death in July of last year by a group of teenagers in Shenandoah, Pennsylvania. One witness said that they told Ramirez's friends to get out of Shenandoah, "or you're gonna to be laying effin next to him."
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Tue Dec 09, 2008 at 14:26:42 PM EST
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Perseverance is more prevailing than violence; and many things which cannot be overcome when they are together, yield themselves up when taken little by little." - Plutarch
It's hard to believe that it has been a month since the tragic murder of Marcelo Lucero. I have found myself the last four weeks being asked where I was when I heard about his death, much like the conversation so many New Yorkers have had about September 11th.
The truth is that I spend so much of my work week reading the news, that I try to avoid the news at all costs on the weekends....usually unsuccessfully. However, the weekend of November 8th, I had spent quality time with my husband and away from my computer and the tv. Late that Sunday night, I heard my cell phone ringing after 10pm, which was unusual for a Sunday night. When I answered it was my fellow-blogger Pat...poor guy didn't realize I didn't know yet and he was the bearer of very sad news. My stomach sank. I threw-up, my worst fear being realized. An innocent man was murdered by a group of teens because of the color of his skin....in a community I love and have lived in....in an area I have walked dozens of times late at night and never felt unsafe. And then I felt sick again as I realized that my safety was ensured mostly because my skin color matched most of the young men who committed this dispicable crime. That night and for two weeks after, my sleep was restless from endless nightmares.
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