An alleged racist attack killed 23 at an El Paso Walmart on Aug. 3, 2019. Dozens more were injured. Survivors, others reflect on hate-inspired attack.
Roberto Jurado hid with his 88-year-old mother between toy machines at the entrance of the Cielo Vista Walmart.
The now 22-year-old from Allen, Texas, decried an “invasion” by immigrants to the United States in the post. He cited a 2011 French book by Renaud Camus called “The Great Replacement,” which promoted a conspiracy theory that the “white race” was being replaced by nonwhite, or non-European, people. In the days that followed, President Donald Trump visited El Paso. The trip was met with criticism by many in El Paso, including political leaders who told him to stay away. Some victims and their families refused to meet with the president.
Asked about the criticism of the president’s language, a representative of the campaign said,"Democrats using a tragedy to score political points is beyond disgusting." "All of this plays a role in how people view immigrants and minorities," Escobar said."When you treat people like animals, then you strip them of their humanity, and I had really been carrying a fear for a long time that something bad was going to happen."
"Before the attack, there was a narrative, a very powerful narrative coming from the president of the United States," Fernando Garcia, executive director of the Border Network for Human Rights, an immigration advocacy group, said."And unfortunately, that narrative was about racism and xenophobia and white supremacy."
"I think when we get closer to Aug. 3, the realization is that little progress has been made," Garcia said. "All of these emotional responses are all just the greens on the top of the root," he said."That the root is our speech, and that the different actions are just manifestations of when we take that speech to heart and act upon. And to me, the root of that then became the word hate." "I think it behooves us, because if we're silent about it, then we're agreeing," he said."We're condoning it. We can't be silent.
Sitting down at a common tableEl Paso Pastor Michael Grady, who is Black and a former president of El Paso's NAACP chapter, has personally seen the effects of hate. His daughter, Michelle, was among those caught in the crossfire. She survived, despite being struck three times. "I knew it was going to get to this place, I just never thought it would make it to the city of El Paso by the Rio Grande," Grady said.
As conversations about race and white supremacy continue a year after the shooting, Grady hopes the heart of the issues will be dealt with.
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