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RACISM OF THE TRUMP TEAM OR RACISM ALL ACROSS AMERICA?

Puerto Rico has passed 

the six-month mark without full 

power. WTF is wrong with us?

By:  DENISE OLIVER VELEZ

Daily Kos

25 March 2018

Now that Puerto Rico has gone more than six months without full power being restored to the island after Hurricane Maria (some residents have gone without longer than that, having lost power after Hurricane Irma), there has been a spate of media coverage during the past week. All of a sudden—at least for a brief moment—Puerto Rico is again “newsworthy” here on the mainland.

Just google “six months Puerto Rico” and you will find stories on the sad state of affairs for Puerto Ricans, and not only on the island. Those who fled to the mainland are facing challenges, as well.

For those on the island living sin luz (without light) the days and weeks and months are simply passing by, to be struggled and coped with, one day at a time, and benchmarks observed by mainland media make no difference to the sorry state of affairs that is our fault. 

Yes, our fault.

We have the ability to vote. Frankly, had we elected Hillary Clinton and booted Republicans out of power in the House, this wouldn’t be happening. Now we have to face the consequences, and Puerto Ricans are taking the full brunt.

We have the capacity to march and demonstrate. Our Democrats who are elected officials in Washington could all just get up and walk out of the House and the Senate in protest. That hasn’t happened.

Make no mistake: the racist Republicans co-signed by the racist-in-chief in the White House are the cause. However, we aren’t doing very much to be part of the solution.

Democratic Illinois Congressman Luis V. Gutiérrez, who is Puerto Rican, called out Trump after his State of the Union address (emphasis added):

I was hoping for some sort of apology on Puerto Rico, but I heard nothing.  Puerto Rico is a metaphor for how this President sees all Latinos and people of color: he does not see us as his equals and he does not see us as fellow human beings.  If you look at how the President has treated Puerto Rico, you have to conclude that he just doesn’t care and probably thinks of Puerto Rico as just another shithole country.

I was born in 1953 in the U.S. when separate but equal was the law of the land.  I am proud of the progress the United States has made as a nation on issues of race, gender, sexual orientation, disabilities, and many other areas where we have advanced.  I was hoping to get through my life without having to witness an outwardly, explicitly racist American President, but my luck ran out.

Gutiérrez and Puerto Rican Congresswoman Nydia Velázquez of New York have been tireless in addressing the racism and failures of Trump and his administrative flunkies. However, they shouldn’t have to be taking the lead. I’ve followed every tweet, every press statement, every photo op from other elected Democrats, and far too few are willing to tell it like it is and keep at it.

Eliminating racism isn’t simply about solving income inequality. Proposing bills that don’t see a snowflake’s chance in hell of getting out of committee—no matter how well-intentioned—didn’t turn the lights on. Don’t get me wrong: I support a Marshall Plan for Puerto Rico. However, unless we face the fact that far too many mainlanders could care less about Puerto Rico, nothing is going to happen anytime soon. I applaud Sen. Chris Murphy of Connecticut and New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who have actually provided meaningful aid for both island and mainland Puerto Ricans. You can dismiss their efforts as simply politics  or pandering to a large Puerto Rican constituency. However, folks don’t give a damn about pandering if it provides light and water and shelter.     

I am angry, and I get angry every damned day—not just in commemoration of six months. Six weeks without power and potable water was far too long. Hell, six days anywhere without power and drinkable water is excruciating.

And yet, here we are. Heading into the next hurricane season (which starts June 1), knowing that some people on the island have been told they won’t have power till 2019, and we go about our business as if this isn’t happening.

Why?

Because it isn’t happening to us.

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