I’VE ALSO BEEN TOLD...
‘Go Back’to Where YouCame FromIN THE WAKE OF
PRESIDENTIAL TWEETS
WIDELY DECRIED AS
RACIST, TWO PEOPLE
STAFFERS SHARE THEIR
PERSONAL STORIES
“THIS is what racism looks like,”
Rep. Ayanna Pressley wrote on Twitter
July 14, just hours after President
Trump set #RacistInChief trending by
telling Pressley and three other women
of color in Congress ( below), all of them
Democrats, to “go back” to the “coun-
tries... they originally came from.”
Detroit-born Rashida Tlaib, the first
Palestinian-American Muslim woman
in Congress, struck a unifying tone:
“That young girl that maybe looks like
me and may have heard the President say
this —I just want her to know that she
belongs.” Trump’s language was hurtful
to many and hit home here at People. I grew up in San Antonio,
where the population is
predominantly Mexican-
American, like me. But
I went to a public school
where it was mostly white,
and I often felt like I didn’t
belong. In sixth grade
I was hosting a slumber
party, and one of my
friends told me I was “a
good Mexican. The good
kind.” I remember feeling
embarrassed but I didn’t
know why.
Today, as a crimeELAINE
ARADILLAS
Staff WriterThe Squad: ‘We Will Not Be Silenced’
“Our squad is big,” said Pressley. “We cannot—we will not—be silenced.” Added Ocasio-Cortez:
“No matter what the President says, this country belongs... to everyone.”Incendiary
and
Incorrect
The four
women Trump
referenced in
his tweets are
all American
citizens; three
of the four
were born in
the U.S.Green (in New York
City and inset, at
age 5) has worked
for People since
1995, covering
breaking news and
the entertainment
industry.ALEXANDRIA
OCASIO-CORTEZ
NEW YORK
AYANNA PRESSLEY
MASSACHUSETTS
ILHAN OMAR
MINNESOTA
RASHIDA TLAIB
MICHIGAN
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