“When my son told me he was gay, I told him, ‘Now, I love you more.’ I want to tell the world that hatred is not born with human beings, it is a seed that is planted by adults and is fostered creating a climate of intolerance and violence. We must change our ways and understand that anyone …could have been my son. And I want everybody to know that Jorge Steven was a very much loved son.”
This is just one of a few stories I have heard coming out of Chile where the police are abusing the Mapuche community. This is nothing new. I think of the privilege my older hija has being here in the U.S. While yes she faces discrimination here, in Chile she would too, as a Mapuche, she likely would be called an “India” and not in a good way.
Dolores Huerta
