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El Paso Mass Shooting - August 3, 2019

Contains news coverage of the El Paso mass shooting, August 3, 2019, and news and images of related events.

Diana Natalicio and Faculty Respond

Aug. 10, 2019

By Diana Natalicio, contributor

"An alleged white supremacist, filled with hate and armed with a semiautomatic weapon, drove 10 hours across Texas to reach El Paso-Juarez with the intention of killing as many of them as possible — solely because they were of Mexican descent. Twenty-two members of our community lost their lives. Let us all join together to ensure that the American dream doesn't die with them."

Read the entire column from the Dallas Morning News here.

Willivaldo Delgadillo

Visiting Professor at The University of Texas at El Paso

"De muros, milicias y trágicos desenlaces"

https://www.jornada.com.mx/2019/08/07/opinion/016a1pol
 

 

Dr. Yolanda Leyva

Director of the Institute of Oral History, Director of the Liberal Arts Honors Program and Associate Professor of History at the University of Texas at El Paso

August 8, 2019 in TIME

"The El Paso Shooting Is a Reminder of an Ugly Side of Texas History"  

"On Saturday, a 21-year-old white supremacist walked into a Walmart in my hometown of El Paso and opened fire. Witnesses say he walked in calmly, confidently, as if “on a mission.”  Continue reading here.

 

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