Cuéntame Wages Battle Against SB1070
Posted by: Krista
To make a statement against SB1070, Cuéntame, an online Facebook group with over 38k Likes, unveiled an incendiary billboard that draws attention to the racial profiling facets of the bill. The billboard doesn’t mention SB1070 specifically, but I imagine most people will know what it’s talking about with its message of “Have your papers ready-Racial profiling just ahead.”
Cuéntame used Facebook to garner the support and moolah to fund the project. 38,000 Likes is nothing to sneeze at, and it’s a great use of social media. However, it pale-pale-pales in comparison to the pro-SB1070 group (over 98k Likes). Seeing that just depressed me. If you want to give a shout out to your anti-SB1070 inclinations, you can Like Cuéntame here.
But back to the billboard. We’ll get to see it for a few weeks, so make sure you get over to Camelback and 3rd St. to check it out for yourself. This is from the press release Cuéntame sent us:
Members of Cuentame collectively designed and funded the billboard which will remain on display for four weeks and serve as a constant reminder that the fight against SB1070 is not over.
You can also read what the Arizona Republic has to say about the billboard.
Thanks to Cuéntame for sending us the press release.
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The organization selected the intersection to target tourists, in addition to locals, she said.
Ha! Reading (deciphering?) the mostly knee-jerk comments on the AZ Public article, it’s pretty obvious most of them just wanted a chance to fling poo, not to really read the article. I geuss I speak American, people south of the border speak Mexican,and the fearsome northies speak Canadian. What is most disturbing is the number of comments that seem to have the theme of “I haf papers, I am good German.”