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On the recordMay 14, 2019
These are just a few of the hundreds of messages I receive on a weekly basis on Facebook, Twitter, through email. They're hateful, they're racist, and they're meant to marginalize the community that I represent and the communities like mine.
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Jimmy Gomez
Democratic · California

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Gomez shares his experience with racist messages targeting him and his community.

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