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Nuestro pueblo, we feel you.<\/p>\n
Many of us woke up on Nov. 9 still struggling to interpret the results of this year\u2019s election, searching our hearts and minds for an explanation for what we have just witnessed.<\/p>\n
We are shocked, we are confused, we are angry, we are hurt. But we cannot remain that way. Brooding in our frustration and anger will lead us to nowhere but despair and ultimate self-destruction. For the sake of our ancestors, who fought for their place in this country\u2014persevering through much more difficult and frightening times\u2014we cannot fall now.<\/p>\n
We are a diverse community that has fought tirelessly for our equality. We have used the injustices we have suffered to fuel the fire for change. It was fire that forged our collective strength, strength that will now be tested by the fires ahead.<\/p>\n
But it is not hopeless.<\/p>\n
This newspaper, born from the civil rights movement of the late 1960s, has always represented hope for disenfranchised peoples of many communities. And we have always fought to give voice to the voiceless.<\/p>\n
Many of us here and many of you reading this are the product of immigrants. Our parents, who immigrated \u201cillegally\u201d to this country, gave us everything, including the right to vote. Our responsibility now\u2014those of us who were lucky enough to be born here even though our parents or grandparents weren\u2019t\u2014is to stand up and speak for those who can\u2019t.<\/p>\n
We have to.<\/p>\n
For those who call this country home; for those who don\u2019t share the privilege of being born here; for the little girls and boys in this country who are afraid of the possibility of being torn away from their families; for the children who have yet to be born; this message is for you:<\/p>\n
For better or worse, the history of the 2016 election has been made. That cannot be changed or undone. But the history of tomorrow has yet to be written. As a community, we are stronger now than ever before and we hold the pen. Tomorrow is a blank page. Now is our chance. It\u2019s time to write our own history.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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