Jean Guerrero: Latinophobia in mainstream news fuels the radical right
by Jean Guerrero, Los Angeles Times
Aug 23, 2022
3 minutes
A main driver of democracy's decline in the United States is Latinophobia — from its central role in the rise of Donald Trump to its influence in the Jan. 6 insurrection.
Any news media company concerned with democracy should be engaged in a concerted and urgent campaign to stop this plague.
Instead, the news media are superspreaders for Latinophobia. Today, 54% of Americans from the same delusion that motivated the coup attempt and other white terrorism: that the U.S.-Mexico border is being invaded. A new NPR/Ipsos found 76% of Republicans and 40% of Democrats believe
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