*The guy in the viral video who was the target of teen British racism, insults and beer? He’s a Texas Latino; an army vet living in England for 18 years. VL
By Desire Thompson, Vibe
Residents in Manchester believe the recent Brexit vote has exposed the ugly in the United Kingdom with reported racist attacks happening around the country. One incident has lead to an arrest of three people after they were seen making verbal threats to a UK resident.
According to The Telegraph, the incident happened early Tuesday morning (June 28) on a train in Manchester. Video recorded from a passenger shows the teens along with a 20-year-old man drunkenly spewing threats towards Juan Jasso, a Texas army veteran who has lived in the UK for 18 years. The suspects were reportedly swearing in front of children when Jasso asked them to stop.
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They went on to call Jasso a “dirty little immigrant” . . . READ MORE
[Photo courtesy of The Telegraph]
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Troncoso writes to preserve his connections to the past, but he puts pen to paper just as much for the future. In his three-part essay entitled “Letter to My Young Sons,” he documents the terror of his wife’s breast cancer diagnosis and the ups and downs of her surgery and treatment. Other essays convey the joys and frustrations of fatherhood, his uneasy relationship with his elderly father and the impact his wife’s Jewish heritage and religion have on his Mexican-American identity.
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