Civil rights icon Dolores Huerta says Donald Trump has ‘taken off the hood’ with racism
Dolores Huerta is not done fighting.
The 87-year-old activist and organizer who co-founded the nation’s first farm workers union and coined the rallying cry “Si se puede,” spent three days in Denver energizing crowds to battle racism in America.
“Now that Trump and all these people have taken off the hoods, the white hoods … we can identify them,” she said, referencing the hoods of the Ku Klux Klan. “We know who you are now. And that’s a good thing, because now we know that the racism is out there. And that means we can do something about it.”
Her harsh words for President Donald Trump and her inherent desire to organize opposition didn’t come at a political rally but inside the darkened Mayan Theatre after screenings of the new documentary about her life, “Dolores.”
Activist Dolores Huerta attends the “Dolores” New York Premiere at The Metrograph on Aug. 21 in New York. (Photo by Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images)
Activist Dolores Huerta attends the “Dolores” New York Premiere at The Metrograph on Aug. 21 in New York. (Photo by Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images)
