{"id":12060,"date":"2023-02-21T10:00:05","date_gmt":"2023-02-21T15:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/articles\/black-americans-have-always-been-resistant-now-its-time-for-our-elected-officials-to-step-up\/"},"modified":"2023-02-21T10:00:05","modified_gmt":"2023-02-21T15:00:05","slug":"black-americans-have-always-been-resistant-now-its-time-for-our-elected-officials-to-step-up","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/es\/articles\/black-americans-have-always-been-resistant-now-its-time-for-our-elected-officials-to-step-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Los afroamericanos siempre se han resistido: ahora es el momento de que nuestros funcionarios electos den un paso adelante"},"template":"","class_list":["post-12060","article","type-article","status-publish","hentry","article_type-blog-post"],"acf":{"details":{"summary":"\"Since the country\u2019s inception, Black people have been at the forefront of those consistently pushing the U.S. to live up to its ideals of being a free, fair, and just country. Once again, we\u2019re calling on America to start taking big steps to continue striving for those ideals \u2014 to be the country we never have been but must be.\"","featured_image":2510,"article_type":1103,"authors":["{\"site_id\":\"1\",\"post_type\":\"person\",\"post_id\":7885}"],"related_issues":[139,169,2051,2066],"related_work":false,"location":null},"sidebar":{"helper_enable_sidebar":false,"helper_media_contact":{"heading":"Media Contact","manually_enter_person":false,"person":null,"name":"","role":"","phone":"","email":""},"helper_links_downloads":{"heading":"Links & Downloads","links":null}},"page_layout":[{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_wysiwyg","_acfe_flexible_toggle":null,"component_wysiwyg":{"content":"<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Resistencia.\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Esa es la <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/asalh.org\/black-history-themes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">tema<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> del Mes de la Historia Negra de este a\u00f1o. La resistencia es la idea dual de negarse a aceptar lo que te ha tocado y no permitir que lo que te han tocado te afecte. A pesar de los esfuerzos de actores de mala fe, intolerantes y espectadores por igual para mantener un status quo que nos excluye, los negros siempre hemos resistido. Nos hemos negado a aceptar esas circunstancias y hemos presionado para que se escuchen nuestras voces, al mismo tiempo que no permitimos que nada ni nadie destruya nuestro esp\u00edritu.\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Desde la creaci\u00f3n del pa\u00eds, los negros han estado a la vanguardia de quienes constantemente presionan a Estados Unidos para que est\u00e9 a la altura de sus ideales de ser un pa\u00eds libre, justo y equitativo. Una vez m\u00e1s, hacemos un llamado a Estados Unidos para que comience a dar grandes pasos para seguir luchando por esos ideales: para ser el pa\u00eds que nunca hemos sido pero que debemos ser.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Desde la lucha por la abolici\u00f3n de la esclavitud hasta el llamado a poner fin a la segregaci\u00f3n y la brutalidad policial, la resistencia de los estadounidenses negros se alimenta de una sola cosa: la defensa de nuestros derechos. Durante siglos, hemos resistido la opresi\u00f3n, optando en cambio por luchar por nuestra libertad. Una de las luchas actuales que enfrenta Estados Unidos es el estado de nuestra democracia. Estados Unidos enfrenta la amenaza de extremistas que intentan desmantelar el fundamento de nuestra democracia: el derecho a elecciones justas y libres. Pero esta amenaza no es desconocida para los estadounidenses negros. De hecho, se encuentran entre los m\u00e1s vulnerables cuando se aprueban leyes contra el voto.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A pesar de estos ataques, los estadounidenses negros han sido fundamentales para el \u00e9xito de la democracia debido a su resiliencia. Lo hemos visto en <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/us\/protesters-march-washington-us-cities-voting-rights-2021-08-28\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">marchas<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/nbcblk\/young-black-voters-are-dominating-georgia-midterms-one-student-time-rcna50637\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">votos<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, y <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/2022-midterm-elections-black-voters-coalition-campaign\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">compromiso c\u00edvico<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> de personas negras de todas las edades. Y han sido estas acciones las que han impedido que los actores de mala fe triunfen, con nuestra comunidad que sigue rechazando mentiras y teor\u00edas conspirativas sobre nuestras elecciones, y en 2022 veremos una pl\u00e9tora de defensores de las grandes mentiras. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2022-11-09\/election-deniers-who-campaigned-on-stop-the-steal-lost-across-the-us\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">no logr\u00f3 obtener el cargo<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<b>Pero sin legislaci\u00f3n no se puede hacer mucho, y los que est\u00e1n en el poder deben rendir cuentas.<\/b>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Instamos a nuestros l\u00edderes nacionales a que tomen medidas y no acepten m\u00e1s una realidad en la que los negros sean herramientas utilizadas para subvertir la democracia. <\/span><b><i>Resistir<\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Now is the time for a comprehensive bill that protects our right to democracy. It is that right that's critical to a fair and just country: not the filibuster, not politics, and not \"business as usual.\"<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">En todo el pa\u00eds, hemos visto una escalada de ataques a nivel estatal contra los derechos de los votantes. Ya sea por leyes de identificaci\u00f3n de votantes, privaci\u00f3n del derecho al voto a delincuentes, informaci\u00f3n err\u00f3nea y desinformaci\u00f3n o manipulaci\u00f3n de los distritos electorales, los negros corren un riesgo desproporcionado de quedar rezagados en nuestra democracia.\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">En 2021 y 2022, la C\u00e1mara de Representantes aprob\u00f3 la Ley de Promoci\u00f3n del Derecho al Voto John R. Lewis y la Ley de Libertad para Votar: John R. Lewis para proteger a los votantes. Sin embargo, ambas fueron bloqueadas por obstruccionismos republicanos en el Senado. M\u00e1s de un a\u00f1o despu\u00e9s, los negros ahora se enfrentan a una avalancha a\u00fan mayor de t\u00e1cticas de intimidaci\u00f3n y proyectos de ley de supresi\u00f3n del voto destinados a impedir que acudamos a las urnas.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Con las elecciones de 2024 a la vuelta de la esquina, los esfuerzos para fortalecer nuestras elecciones y proteger los derechos de voto de los m\u00e1s vulnerables deben comenzar ahora. Independientemente de la composici\u00f3n de dem\u00f3cratas, republicanos o independientes en el Congreso, el avance de una agenda poderosa y prodemocr\u00e1tica sigue siendo una prioridad para los estadounidenses negros.\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Adem\u00e1s, ser\u00e1 necesaria una coalici\u00f3n de defensores del derecho al voto, organizaciones y aliados para lograr este objetivo. El derecho al voto no puede ser \u00fanicamente la causa de quienes han sufrido discriminaci\u00f3n, sino que debe ser la causa de todos los que creen en la democracia.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">En Common Cause, estamos listos para defender nuestro derecho al voto. Sabemos que nos acompa\u00f1ar\u00e1n estadounidenses de todo el pa\u00eds que quieren proteger los derechos de quienes est\u00e1n privados de sus derechos y ver a nuestro pa\u00eds avanzar. Esto se debe a que nuestra organizaci\u00f3n espera aprovechar las victorias logradas por los estadounidenses negros durante el Movimiento por los Derechos Civiles y m\u00e1s all\u00e1.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Durante siglos, los afroamericanos han mostrado resistencia en un pa\u00eds que ha luchado contra la intolerancia y la injusticia. Al Congreso: nuestra resistencia es fuerte. No nos falles.<\/span>"}}]},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.6 (Yoast SEO v27.1.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Black Americans have always been resistant \u2014 now it\u2019s time for our elected officials to step up - Common Cause<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/es\/articulos-2\/black-americans-have-always-been-resistant-now-its-time-for-our-elected-officials-to-step-up\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"es_MX\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Black Americans have always been resistant \u2014 now it\u2019s time for our elected officials to step up\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/es\/articulos-2\/black-americans-have-always-been-resistant-now-its-time-for-our-elected-officials-to-step-up\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Common Cause\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/CommonCause\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/CC-Share-Graphic-Main9.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"630\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@CommonCause\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/articles\/black-americans-have-always-been-resistant-now-its-time-for-our-elected-officials-to-step-up\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/articles\/black-americans-have-always-been-resistant-now-its-time-for-our-elected-officials-to-step-up\/\",\"name\":\"Black Americans have always been resistant \u2014 now it\u2019s time for our elected officials to step up - 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