reallifedocumentarian:

It’s dawning on me that as an APIA advocate within the immigrants rights movement and as someone who is bilingual in Spanish, that I need to put my language skills to use in reminding other advocates, supporters and members of the community that immigration is not an issue that can be talked about in its entirety while excluding a significant portion of the community that is often marginalized. I need to be more assertive in saying “la communidad indocumentada no es solamente Latino y tenemos que recordar los que no hablen español y hacer un espacio inclusivo para asiaticos, africanos, y los otros que estan en un situacion similar…”