HUFFPOST (U.S. News) - Cesar Chavez Nonprofits Sued For Ignoring Union Leader's Sex Abuse
One of the organizers who says she was sexually abused by Latino labor leader César Chavez decades ago has sued nonprofits tied to him.
NYTIMES (Manny Fernandez and Sarah Hurtes) - New Accuser Sues Foundations With Ties to Cesar Chavez
The lawsuit, the first of its kind since revelations against the union leader emerged this year, accuses two foundations of failing to prevent “abusive, rogue and inappropriate” behavior.
NYTIMES (Jill Cowan and Mark Abramson for The New York Times) - After the Cesar Chavez Scandal, Can Johnny Itliong Restore His Father’s Activist Legacy?
Johnny Itliong says Cesar Chavez stole credit from his father, the farmworker activist Larry Itliong. For years, he has been trying to correct the record.
NYTIMES (Sarah Hurtes and Manny Fernandez) - Inside Cesar Chavez’s Labor Union, Women Faced a Culture of Sexual Abuse
Many of the women who helped lead the fight for Latino civil rights say they were quietly waging their own battles with harassment, misogyny and sexual assault inside the powerful United Farm Workers union.
NYTIMES (Tim Arango and Ariana Drehsler) - After a Hero’s Fall, What to Do With the Art That Honored Him?
Artists who created public depictions of the civil rights icon Cesar Chavez have had revisit their works after revelations emerged of Mr. Chavez’s sexual abuse of girls in the movement.
THEAMERICANCONSERVATIVE (Scott Greer) - Cesar Chavez Was No Border Hawk
The labor organizer has been outed as a sex predator. The post Cesar Chavez Was No Border Hawk appeared first on The American Conservative .
Politics Cesar Chavez Was No Border Hawk The labor organizer has been outed as a sex predator. The venerable Hispanic activist Cesar Chavez is venerated no more. After the New York Times reported that he sexually abused women and girls, the union organizer was posthumously cancelled . States and cities announced they would stop celebrating Cesar Chavez Day and many streets and plazas dropped his name. The sudden cancellation likely marks the end of attempts to turn Chavez into the Hispanic MLK. Some conservatives see something else at work here. They claim Chavez was a border hawk and imply the sexual abuse claims were a convenient…Open
AMERICANGREATNESS (Arthur Schaper) - Which Statues Should Stay? Which Should Go?
In a previous article, I wrote about how the United States should cancel Cesar Chavez and remove his images from the public square. Regardless of […] Source
AMERICANGREATNESS (Arthur Schaper) - Which Statues Should Stay? Which Should Go?
In a previous article, I wrote about how the United States should cancel Cesar Chavez and remove his images from the public square. Regardless of […] Source
NYTIMES (Natalie Kitroeff) - How Cesar Chavez Abused His Power
The civil rights icon had a history of sexually abusing women and girls, which the Times reporters Manny Fernandez and Sarah Hurtes spent five years investigating. They spoke to “The Daily” about how they uncovered the story.
NYTIMES (Soumya Karlamangla, Jill Cowan and Orlando Mayorquín) - On What Was Once Chavez Day, Some Try to Highlight a Movement, Not a Man
The reconsideration of the legacy of Cesar Chavez after he was accused of abusing women and girls has led some to question the lionization of icons, when reality is so often a letdown.