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"Give me your tired, your poor..." (Spanish version)

With all the ugliness coming from the Trump administration, here's a reminder that while America has not lived up to its ideals, we still have ideals that we are supposed to be striving for. One of these ideals is embodied in the plaque mounted on the Statue of Liberty, proclaiming:

"Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!"

Rather than a ban on Muslims, a deportation force or a border wall, this verse is 19th century version of a hashtag declaring #ImmigrantsAndRefugeesWelcome.

This Spanish version is inspired by Mauricio Calvo, Executive Director of Latino Memphis, who read The New Colossus in Spanish at a civil rights vigil that took place in historic Clayborn Temple. The translation is by Jorge E. Sanint.

"Dadme tus cansados, tus pobres,
Tus masas amontonadas gimiendo por respirar libres,
Los despreciados de tus congestionadas costas.
Enviadme a estos, los desposeidos, basura de la tempestad.
Levanto mi lámpara al lado de la puerta dorada!"

Any designer proceeds from this shirt will be donated to Latino Memphis.

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Following a nasty political campaign in which he openly fanned various forms of bigotry and misogyny, Donald Trump has become a president that leads in the exact same way that he campaigned. Some of his followers have become emboldened in their hatred and reports of violent attacks and openly racist incidents rose sharply following election day, as though permission had been granted for this type of behavior. Donald Trump has not vigorously repudiated his earlier comments or condemned these incidents, and as he continues careening full steam ahead down a destructive and frightening path, he has made clear there will not be a "reset" from campaign-mode to President-mode.

Let's not respond to hate with hate, but rather be emboldened in our love as we battle bigotry and misogyny. That's where #LoveAndResistance comes from. To start with, I've created some t-shirt designs to show support and raise money for organizations that will need our help under a Trump administration. I know it's not much and I expect this site to morph and change over the next months and years. If you'd like to work together or have ideas you'd like to discuss, please be in touch.

Your heart is a muscle the size of your fist. You'll need them both for #LoveAndResistance.

Laryn Kragt Bakker

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