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On Tuesday Nov. 12, crowds gathered in front of the U.S.
By Marion Gray-Hopkins, president of the Coalition of Concerned Mothers
Latinidad is complicated for me. It’s the transgenerational trauma passing through our bloodlines. It’s the constant reminders of the horrors our ancestors suffered and the atrocities some of our other ancestors likely committed.
While some may see my family’s history as solely an immigrant story, I know my family’s story is as American as any other immigrant’s story in our country. My mother came to the United States back in 1984, during the Guatemalan civil war.
