We’re obsessed with the idea that poor people might take more than they need, but we rarely question why some wealthy people are never satisfied with what they already have.
The artist behind this painting, Criselda Vasquez, painted this portrait of her parents in 2017. The man in this painting, her father, was recently taken by ICE. He has lived in the United States for forty years. This loss has made it hard for the family to support themselves. If you want to support them, you can go to their GoFundMe here:
https://t.co/Mgp7W8m5xJ
society needs to stop perceiving latino and hispanic as races bc not only does it make white latinos/hispanics think they are poc, but also non-white indigenous people from latam get their native identity overshadowed constantly and are instead dumbed down to a colonial label