After the controversial response from the White House to the racist violence in Charlottesville this past weekend, the reactions of some of our favorite Latino stars like Jennifer Lopez and Eiza González are exactly what our community and the country needs to hear right now. See what our celebs had to say about the atrocious terrorist attack in Virginia this past weekend.
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Images via Jennifer Lopez, Eiza González, Demi Lovato/Instagram
Jennifer Lopez's message was quite clear.
"We are stronger than you!! #loveisstrongerthanhate," she wrote on Instagram with the video of Terence Richard McAuliffe, the state Virginia's governor telling white supremacists and nazis: "There is no place for you here."
Eva Longoria's words are a message to all of us:
I'm constantly asking myself, what more can I do to help this country. To help Americans who suffer everyday. My heart breaks to see what happened in Charlottesville but we can't stay on the sideline. We all gotta help to fix this. This cannot define who we are, who America is. Hate DOES NOT define us.
Demi Lovato spoke for many people who are badly impacted by the news.
With everything that's going on, it's so easy to look the other way and say 'I don't want to watch the news, it's too negative' or dismiss what's going on in our country because it's too scary to actually be true. But it is. Violence and hate is overwhelming our country today and it's time that this generation changes that. Black, Muslim, gay, bisexual, trans, etc. you are perfect the way you are and you ARE LOVED. Do not listen to evil no matter how loud it gets. I am with you during this time and things will change. #stopthehate#prayforpeace #prayforcharlottesville
Eiza González posted an statement in English and Spanish.
The Mexican actress wrote, in part:
DEVASTATED. This is a clear demonstration of the society and world which we live in today. The world where we are going to raise and educate our children. Even though this is in the US, we all have to pay attention because this is an issue happening around the world. We have to pay attention to what it stands for. HATE, VIOLENCE FOMENTING HATE.
Jessica Alba took the words of poet Cleo Wade.
#standupforwhatsright#Repost@cleowade
#MLK said it best when he said:
"We will have to repent in this generation not merely for the hateful words and actions of the bad people but for the appalling silence of the good people."
Racism & bigotry does not merely exist on the faces of the terrorists marching in #charlottesvilleWe all know people who have said or done something that is wrong while we remained silent or tried to justify it because of the other person's background, age or by saying "well they aren't THAT racist" Enough is Enough. Start with you. Let your voice be the one that changes the people around you. Start today. Be a truth teller. Speak truth to power. Be a freedom fighter. Fight the good fight. I love you.
America Ferrera wanted us to read Cory Booker's words.
"There are more of us. Let's not be afraid. Let's not be silent, " she also wrote.
While some people revealed they were singing the 'Hamilton' soundtrack to deal with the horror, Lin-Manuel Miranda tweeted this...
He re-tweeted President Obama's own tweet, quoting Nelson Mandela. No more words needed.
Journalist Soledad O'Brien spent the weekend tweeting about the situation.
She also called out President Trump's decision to not condemn the violence and closed Sunday night with this very powerful quote:
"I hated the brutality, the sadism, and the insanity of Nazism. I just couldn't stand by and see people destroyed." –Oscar Schindler
Univision's Jorge Ramos is keeping tabs on Trump.
"So it's Monday morning and the U.S. President still has not condemned by name racists and white supremacists," he wrote and added: "Let's not forget that on 6/16/2015 Trump made racist statements by calling Mexican immigrants rapists and criminals. He never apologized." Although Trump has now issued a statement and denounced the racism, some are saying it's too little too late.
Journalist María Elena Salinas is on a well-deserved break.
"Homegrown terrorism. I'm on vacation in Japan but so sad to see this happening in my country," she wrote on Instagram.