my student (6yo) is in japan and he asked his mom if a cardboard cutout of shohei ohtani was jackie robinson (we read about robinson for black history month)
It’s terrible that Huerta felt like she had to keep this secret for so long in fear of “hurting the movement.” This speaks to a long-enduring attitude among working class organizations where sexual abuse of female comrades is silenced in favor of protecting the “bigger cause.”