US EditionDolores Huerta Speaks Out in First Public Interview Since Sexual Assault Allegations Against Cesar Chavez Surfaced
Dolores Huerta stayed silent about Cesar Chavez abuse allegations to protect the farm workers movement, despite low conviction rates for sexual assault, RAINN reported.
- A New York Times investigation found accounts from women alleging Cesar Chavez abused them, and Dolores Huerta, 95, said she kept it secret to protect the farm workers movement.
- Huerta said police already viewed the farm workers movement negatively, while Dr. Kate Rodriguez noted 'Finding your voice can be so tough, to speak up about what is happening to you it's difficult' in the Hispanic community where speaking out can be taboo.
- RAINN found that fewer than three percent of sexual-assault cases result in felony convictions, while one in every six women and one in every 33 men have experienced rape or attempted rape.
- Call the National Sexual Assault Hotline at 1-800-656-4673, and Dr. Kate Rodriguez advised survivors to 'Have somebody in your corner that does know you and trust you and will help you through it' to seek support.
- The New York Times reporting raises questions about Cesar Chavez's legacy and the farm workers movement, while RAINN highlights that fewer than three percent of sexual-assault cases lead to felony convictions.
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New interview with Dolores Huerta sheds light on allegations against Cesar Chavez
Activist Dolores Huerta speaks out following her accusation of sexual assault against civil rights leader Cesar Chavez in an interview on the public radio show and podcast Latino USA. NBC News’ Ellison Barber sits down with Maria Hinojosa, journalist and host of Latino USA, about her conversation with Huerta.
Cesar Chavez, Rapist, Pedophile, Progressive Icon – The American Spectator | USA News and Politics
Cesar Chavez took the “g” out of grape. The New York Times reports allegations from his closest aide, Dorothy Huerta, that the late United Farm Workers head pressured her into sex in 1960 and then raped her in a Delano, California, grape field in 1966. These two encounters resulted in pregnancies and then adoptions. In addition to the eight kids his wife bore him, Chavez, genealogy tests showed, fathered four kids with three additional women. “U…
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