«Плохой заяц» высказывается по поводу протестов «Black Lives Matter»: «Живя в таком мире, никто из нас не может дышать»

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Nefarious Bunnywent silent on Would possibly per chance furthermore 19. The Puerto Rican artist Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio, who has collaborated with stars like Cardi B, Drake and J Balvin, had shiny launched two albums, activate a controversy by disagreeable-dressing in ahit music videoandgracedthe conceal ofRolling Stone.After all that dispute, it become once time to disconnect, even from his cellphone.

Ethical a couple of days later, the callous killing ofGeorge Floydby the hands of a Minneapolis police officer as three other officers regarded on activate a series of protests in the U.S. that reinvigorated movements for racial justice across the sector. Most regularly, Martínez doesn’t skittish far off from politics: final year, he canceled a tour to be part ofanti-corruption protestsinPuerto Ricothat in the kill ledto the resignationof Gov. Ricardo Rosselló. He has made no secret of his disdain for President Trump. And he has turn out to be a de facto imply for the LGBTQ community, a notable fashion from an artist in a musical tradition that has prolonged espoused atraditionofmachismo.

Now, Martínez is breaking his silence to piece, exclusively with TIME, a response to theDark Lives Topicwaddle, in the compose of a “lyrical assertion” that speaks to his contemporary headspace. “There are many easy however worthy methods of serving to, corresponding to educating, educating your community, your loved ones, your traffic,” he immediate TIME in an electronic mail alternate from Puerto Rico, where he’s for the time being self-setting apart. “For the time being, we’re engaged on where to make a contribution seriously, economically and humanely, the usage of the sources we need to toughen and in some manner be piece of the #BlackLivesMatter waddle.” He remains off of social media. “I simply attain no longer absorb a phone,” he explains. “But I know I’m in a position to make a contribution far more from here and from the coronary heart, as I continually attain.”

Martínez is never any longer the first non-Dark well-known particular person to be in contact out in toughen of Dark Lives Topic, nor is he the first musical artist or well-known particular person to initiating a press initiating reflecting on the importance of justice and equality. Pop stars like Red and Harry Kinds absorb been noticed marching in protests;Billie Eilishbecome once one in every of many to piece aprolonged assertionon social media; Chris Evans and Angelina Jolie absorbmade donationsto associated funds. Fellow Latinx artists, including Ricky Martin and Camila Cabello, absorb also displayed solidarity for the waddle. Some gestures absorb landedbetter than others.

But Martínez, whose have dwelling of Puerto Rico hasalso hostedDark Lives Topic protests in newest weeks, has beenabsentfrom the conversation unless now — to the apprehension of a couple of of his fans.In a newest interview with EW,comic George Lopez criticized the silence of many Latinx celebrities in the face of global protests. In the meantime, in some U.S. cities, Latinx communities aredisplaying solidaritywith the mission of Dark Lives Topic, calling out the truth that systemic discrimination disproportionately impacts them as well. Streak has prolonged been afraughtself-discipline in Latin American countries, where the legacy of European colonialism remains anddiscrimination persistsagainst Dark and indigenous people. And reggaeton music, more namely, has beencalled outwithallegationsofanti-Blackness.

“There are artists who most titillating add a describe or a same old message shiny to composed public strain or to ogle ‘factual,’” Martínez immediate TIME. “Now not me… I are attempting to transfer deeper and study in what manner I’m in a position to help, how I’m in a position to toughen the fight against a scientific monster that has been [around for] centuries. It’s a pain that per chance will no longer absorb been solved after I die, however as a minimum I will know that I in truth absorb contributed something for future generations that, with religion, will revel in freedom and justice.”

When requested about his build on this battle, Martínez become once sure: it’s an intersectional pain. “In the case of reggaeton music, we absorb continually struggled against discrimination, and though this day it’s the sector’s no 1 Latino model, we continue to endure from that discrimination, each in the sector for being Latino, and in the Latino community itself for being a model that comes from the avenue.” Reggaeton has aDark historythat istypically unnoticed. He also noted President Trump’s angle in direction of Latinos. “The President of the usa has made it sure since the starting of his presidency that discrimination against Latinos is more than contemporary; he has given far more energy to racism at present.” And on this broader battle against racism, Martínez says, each Latinos and Dark people endure the consequences.

His chubby assertion is written like a song. “In a world like this,” he writes, “none of us can breathe.” Below, it’s shared in each the authentic Spanish moreover to an English translation.

PERDONEN

Perdonen mi silencio
pero ni estoy creyendo lo que pasa,
quizás es porque solo veo corazones mas me enseñaron en mi casa,
que todos somos iguales sin importar la raza, religión, apellido;
que a un hermano, se le abraza.

LES JURO que no me siento bien, ni bien me puedo expresar,
les juro que me duele y me duele hasta pensar.
Que hoy aun por el color de piel de alguien, ¿lo puedan matar?
EN UN MUNDO ASÍ, YO TAMPOCO PUEDO RESPIRAR

F–K DONALD TRUMP!
PRESIDENTE DEL RACISMO,
TU ODIO Y TIRANÍA,
ESO SÍ ES TERRORISMO.
QUE LA LUCHA NO PARE,
QUE NADIE BAJE SU PUÑO,
QUE SEPAN QUE ESTAMOS EN CASA,
QUE ESTE ES NUESTRO TERRUÑO.

Recuerdo; al niño que tenía “pelo malo” le decían,
igual que a mis vecinitos negros, y ellos también se lo creían.
malo? malo es aquel que piensa eso todavía,
SIN SABER QUE POR SUS VENAS CORRE LA MISMA SANGRE QUE LA MÍA.

¿Quién te enseñó a ser así?
¿Por qué no quieres cambiar?
quizás ES CULPA DE LA PRENSA POR NUNCA DECIR LA VERDAD,
O LAS CLASES DE HISTORIA QUE NO CUENTAN LA REALIDAD,
Y MUESTRAN A LOS NEGROS DE ESCLAVOS CON TANTA NORMALIDAD,
Y DESCUBRIMIENTO LE LLAMARON, A LA BRUTALIDAD.

DE ASESINAR Y DE HUMILLAR A LOS DE OTRO COLOR,
QUE 500 AÑOS DESPUÉS,
SIGUE ARRASTRANDO EL DOLOR.
EL ODIO NO MATA AL ODIO, ESO LO HACE PEOR.
PERO EN UN MUNDO ASÍ, ¿QUIÉN QUIERE DAR SU AMOR?

SI FUERA POR MÍ, NADA DE ESTO PASARA,
SI FUERA POR MÍ, NADA DE ESTO EXISTIERA.
NADIE CONOCE A NADIE POR MIRARLO A LA CARA,
NADIE CONOCE A NADIE POR COMO SE MIRA POR FUERA.

PERDONEN QUE MI FURIA HOY SEA SILENTE.
PERDÓNENME POR HOY SENTIRME IMPOTENTE,
LES JURO QUE LES AMO Y SIEMPRE ESTARÉ CON MI GENTE
PERO QUE USTEDES SIEMPRE LUCHEN ESO ES LO IMPORTANTE.

¡¡NUNCA ESPEREN POR ARTISTAS, NI POR HÉROES FICTICIOS, USTEDES SON QUIENES TIENEN EL PODER!! ENSÉÑALE A TU HIJO, A TU HIJA, A RESPETAR Y AMAR SIN IMPORTAR EL COLOR DE PIEL, EDUCA A QUIENES PARECEN NO SABER SOBRE LA HISTORIA DE SUFRIMIENTO Y LUCHA QUE HA TENIDO LA GENTE NEGRA, SOBRE LAS INJUSTICIAS CON LAS QUE CARGAMOS POR SIGLOS. TAL VEZ HOY NO CAMBIEMOS EL MUNDO, PERO MAÑANA HAREMOS LA DIFERENCIA.

#BLACKLIVESMATTER

FORGIVE ME

Forgive my silence.
But I’m in a position to’t even factor in here’s peaceable going on.
Presumably it’s consequently of I’ve continually seen people’s hearts and, in my dwelling, I become once continually taught that we’re the total same no matter toddle, religion and surname; that we’re all brothers/sisters.

I SWEAR I don’t in truth feel well, and I don’t deem I’m in a position to train myself properly,
I advise it hurts! It hurts to grab that folks are peaceable being killed thanks to the color of their pores and skin.
LIVING IN A WORLD LIKE THIS, NONE OF US CAN BREATHE!

F–K DONALD TRUMP!
PRESIDENT OF RACISM!
YOUR HATE AND TYRANNY,
THAT’S TERRORISM.
DON’T STOP THE FIGHT,
DON’T LOWER YOUR FISTS,
KNOW THAT WE ARE ALL HOME,
THAT THIS IS OUR LAND.

I be aware the white boy with the “atrocious hair,” that’s what they would boom,
shiny like they did to my sunless neighbors, and they believed it too.
Nefarious? Nefarious are those that also deem that manner,
WITHOUT REALIZING THAT THE SAME BLOOD RUNS THROUGH OUR VEINS.

Who taught you to be this form?
Why don’t you leer exchange?

MAYBE THE PRESS IS TO BLAME FOR NEVER SHOWING THE TRUTH
OR HISTORY CLASSES THAT DON’T TEACH US A REAL ACCOUNT OF EVENTS
AND SHOW BLACK SLAVES WITH SUCH NORMALCY
AND WHO STILL CALL THIS BRUTALITY A “DISCOVERY.”

TO MURDER AND HUMILIATE THOSE OF ANOTHER SKIN COLOR,
THAT 500 YEARS LATER,
THAT PAIN KEEPS DRAGGING ON.
HATE DOESN’T STOP HATE,
IT JUST MAKES IT WORSE.
IN A WORLD LIKE THAT, WHO WANTS TO GIVE THEIR LOVE?

IF IT WAS UP TO ME, NONE OF THIS WOULD HAVE HAPPENED,
IF IT WAS UP TO ME, NONE OF THIS WOULD HAVE EXISTED.
YOU CAN’T KNOW SOMEONE BY SIMPLY LOOKING AT THEIR FACE,
YOU CAN’T KNOW SOMEONE BY ONLY LOOKING AT THEIR OUTER APPEARANCE.

FORGIVE ME THAT MY ANGER TODAY IS SILENT.
FORGIVE ME FOR FEELING IMPOTENT TODAY.
I SWEAR TO YOU I LOVE YOU AND I WILL ALWAYS STAND BY MY PEOPLE,
BUT WHAT’S IMPORTANT IS THAT YOU GUYS ALWAYS FIGHT FOR WHAT YOU BELIEVE IN.

NEVER WAIT FOR ARTISTS, OR FOR FICTITIOUS HEROES, YOU ARE THE ONES WHO HAVE THE POWER!!! TEACH YOUR SONS AND YOUR DAUGHTERS TO RESPECT AND LOVE REGARDLESS OF SKIN COLOR. EDUCATE THOSE WHO DO NOT SEEM TO KNOW ABOUT THE HISTORY OF SUFFERING AND STRUGGLE THAT BLACK PEOPLE HAVE ENDURED, ABOUT THE INJUSTICES WE CARRIED FOR CENTURIES. MAYBE WE WON’T CHANGE THE WORLD TODAY, BUT TODAY WE CAN WORK ON MAKING A DIFFERENCE FOR TOMORROW.

#BLACKLIVESMATTER

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