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In reply to the discussion: Sanders ran a scorched earth campaign against Hillary in NY..... [View all]Cha
(297,692 posts)3. Rosario Dawson's own rep is in the toilet for attempting to smear Workers Rights Icon Delores
Huerta.
Rosario Dawson, how dare you lecture Dolores Huerta?
When legendary farm labor, feminist, and voting rights activist Dolores Huerta published an op-ed saying she didnt know enough about Sanders to vote for him, citing his inconsistent record on immigration and his lack of presence in the United Farm Workers struggle (thats the labor union she co-founded with the late Cesar Chavez), the person who spoke up on Sanders behalf was an actress who once played Huerta in a poorly received biopic of Chavez. Rosario Dawson, a 36-year-old from New York City whose Latino ancestors hail from Puerto Rico, a US territory, and Cuba, the beneficiary of an open-door US immigration policy these last 57 years, wrote an op-ed in the Huffington Post lecturing Huerta.
I am surprised, dismayed, and concerned that you would do your legacy such a disservice by becoming an instrument of the establishment, rather than joining this movement to create a better America like you once inspired us to do, Dawson said.
I am surprised, dismayed, and concerned that you would do your legacy such a disservice by becoming an instrument of the establishment, rather than joining this movement to create a better America like you once inspired us to do, Dawson said.
It's dawson who's the poor little tool. Delores Huerta will go down in History as the Worker's Rights Icon that she is.. and rosario will be on the junk pile of history for ignorantly trying to portray her as #soestablishment
Forget that Huerta not only cofounded the UFW but has dedicated six decades to fighting on the front lines of the workers rights movement. Shes been arrested 22 times while demonstrating for the cause and was even hospitalized in 1988 as a grandmother with two broken ribs and a ruptured spleen while protesting President George HW Bushs opposition to the UFW grape boycott. Forget all of it. Dawson has declared Huertas legacy destroyed on Bernies behalf.
In case there was any doubt as to whether Sanders approved of her message, Dawson was subsequently picked to introduce him at speaking events in San Diego and Los Angeles, where she told crowds to be wary of the media. She spoke of how she been registering Latino voters for 11 years through Voto Latino. Good for her. Dolores Huerta has been doing it for 56, since back when that kind of thing could get you lynched.
In case there was any doubt as to whether Sanders approved of her message, Dawson was subsequently picked to introduce him at speaking events in San Diego and Los Angeles, where she told crowds to be wary of the media. She spoke of how she been registering Latino voters for 11 years through Voto Latino. Good for her. Dolores Huerta has been doing it for 56, since back when that kind of thing could get you lynched.
MOre..
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/mar/27/rosario-dawson-dolores-huerta-bernie-sanders
Thank you..
Mahalo, rivers~
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Rosario Dawson's own rep is in the toilet for attempting to smear Workers Rights Icon Delores
Cha
Apr 2016
#3
I know it's perfect and she's supported Hillary for a long time... she's stronger than dawson,
Cha
Apr 2016
#17
Like a retreating WWII army ... leave nothing that the "enemy" can use, eh?
NurseJackie
Apr 2016
#16
The attempts to disregard the leaders in the voter rights, union leaders, women's rights
Thinkingabout
Apr 2016
#24
The bros are all upset about Hillary's answer to Rachel last night on how much she is willing
Squinch
Apr 2016
#26