Commentary: Nury Martinez says out loud the racism and colorism my vibrant Oaxacan community endures
by Miriham Antonio, Los Angeles Times
Oct 12, 2022
3 minutes
City Councilwoman Nury Martinez, caught on a leaked audio, says she sees a lot of short, dark people in Koreatown. Martinez says she doesn’t know what “village” they are from and referred to them as “tan feos” — “so ugly.”
My first reaction to these comments was anger, disbelief and sadness. The people that Martinez was referring to are my uncles, aunts, family friends and neighbors. I grew up in Koreatown, a predominantly immigrant
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