Across the Sunshine State, Republicans and Democrats have a history and legacy of manipulating Latinx traumas to obtain and maintain political power.
, political psychologists Bethany Albertson and Shana Kushner Gadarian argue that many people are motivated to act in ways that avoid danger, seek protection, or create a safe environment, regardless of whether the threats they perceive are real or imaginary. For some, this encompasses seeking information, and avoiding information, that may serve to lessen anxiety. However, for others, it may consist of thwarting the threat through force and violence.
By being open, nonjudgmental, and patient with her family, Mendez-Zamora said she has engaged her mother, grandmother, and uncle in candid conversations about fighting in the Sandinista Revolution; losing appendages and loved ones; and trekking through McAllen, Texas, in hopes of obtaining asylum in the U.S. It was in these conversations that they vocalized, often for the first time, their complex feelings over the war as well as how their trauma has become fodder for U.S. politicians.
For Liz Rebecca Alarcón, the founder and executive director of Latinx media nonprofit Pulso, educating readers on disinformation campaigns through digital storytelling has been a key part of the outlet’s strategy to build political power in the community.
Compassion is central to the spaces Ferrera, the activist behind Cubanos Con Biden, creates as well. While she calls the moment a Trump supporter held a gun to her head as one of the scariest of her life, she also says she intimately understands the fear that would prompt people in her community to intimidate each other. In July 2001, a three-year-old Ferrera traveled by boat with her family from Cuba’s Jibacoa Beach to Florida’s Marathon Key.
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