#HurricaneMaria

Rebecca Ramirez

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THREAD (1/6): Today's #NPRShortWave (http://n.pr/39SxKXU ) focuses on the challenges Puerto Rican Americans face in dealing with the #COVID19 pandemic. They're esp. vulnerable for a few reasons: (2/6) 1. They're one

Margarita 🇵🇷

AHappyMargarita

PROHIBIDO OLIVDAR -FORBIDDEN TO FORGET: HURRICANE MARIA, SEPTEMBER 20, 2017, A NATURALDISASTER, BUT A MAN MADE DISASTER THAT KILLED 4645 AMERICAN PUERTO RICANS AFTER THE STORM BLACKOUT IN PUERTO RICO.#PuertoRico

2 appalling aspects of discourse:1. Deaths statistic is being treated as factual even when we know it's a WILD undercount. This is deeply irresponsible. EVERY sentence referencing the stats MUST

UN Human Rights commissioner regarding US immigration policies:"The thought that any State would seek to deter parents by inflicting such abuse on children is unconscionable." The @UNHumanRights spoke out