The author, a child of Cuban immigrants, reflects on the pervasive narratives shared among Miami's Cuban community about their escape from oppression. However, they express concern over a noticeable disconnection among Cuban Americans who forget their struggles and show indifference to contemporary immigrants facing violence and poverty. The piece critiques a growing divide in understanding and empathy within the community, linking it to broader issues of discrimination, including towards the LGBTQ+ community, and calls out hypocrisy in supporting anti-immigrant policies while ignoring the parallels of their own history.
Spare me your exile story if you're only going to weaponize it while denying someone else the same chance your family had. That's not patriotism. That's cowardice in a guayabera.
I see it, too, in the way many Democrats have turned their backs on the LGBTQ+ community. As long as the monster isn't coming for them, they feel safe.
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