Jesse Jackson Likens Latinos Building Border Wall To Black People Building Slave Ships [View all]

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“That’s choosing dollars over dignity.”


By Carolina Moreno

The Rev. Jesse Jackson had a powerful analogy Wednesday on the topic of Latinos who might aid in the construction of a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border.


Jackson spoke with UNICEF’s Claudia González Romo during the annual Hispanicize conference, which brings together Latino media and marketing influencers, in Miami. During their fireside conversation, the reverend and civil rights activist commented on how the Latino community should fight back against the Trump administration.


While discussing the need for solidarity among Latinos and communities of color, according NBC, Jackson likened the idea of Latinos helping build President Donald Trump’s planned border wall to “blacks building slave ships.”


He specifically criticized the dozens of Latino-owned firms that submitted proposals to the Department of Homeland Security to build the first stage of the wall.



“If they were going to build slave ships to take blacks back to Africa, I hope blacks would not try to get the contracts to build the slave ships,” Jackson said, according to USA Today.


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A powerful analogy.