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Ricky Martin Blasts Donald Trump in New Op-Ed Piece: 'Enough Is Enough'

By: Aug. 27, 2015
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Grammy winner and Broadway veteran Ricky Martin has penned an op-ed piece for Univision in which he shares his thoughts on the very public feud between Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump and Univision news anchor Jorge Ramos.

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Below, read the English translation of Martin's piece, courtesy of Billboard.com:

"The fact that an individual like Donald Trump, a candidate for the presidency of the United States for the Republican party, has the audacity to continue to gratuitously harass the Latin community makes my blood boil.

When did this character assume he could make comments that are racist, absurd, and above all incoherent and ignorant about us Latinos?

From the beginning his intention was transparent: basically tell barbarities and lies to remain relevant in the public opinion, for votes or simply to stay on the media's radar.

Yesterday's episode against journalist Jorge Ramos, one of the most beloved and respected Latinos in world media, has gotten to the point of enough is enough.

Jorge Ramos was doing HIS JOB as a journalist at a press conference in which he appeared freely and democratically, representing one of the most important Latin television networks in the world and with the same right to freely exercise his profession as all other journalists.

But this new character in American politics verbally attacks him and ejects him from the press conference.

This action from Trump doesn't surprise me, what does surprise me is that as Hispanics we continue to accept the aggressions and accusations of people like him who attack our dignity.

Enough is enough!

If we are united for some things we should be united for others. We have already shown the United States who we are and we cannot allow this behavior.

We have to defeat the power that Trump pretends to have over Latinos, anchored in low rhetoric and xenophobic speech, which his campaign team is convinced works for him.

Let's show that our Latin race is to be respected, let's not allow a political hopeful to plant his campaign in insult and humiliation. Let's demand respect for those first generations of Latinos who came to the United States and opened a path for us. We have fought for every right that we have today.

Xenophobia as a political strategy is the lowest you can go in search of political power.

This is an issue that unites us and we need to battle it together, not just for us but for the evolution of humanity and those to come."

Winner of multiple GRAMMY and LATIN GRAMMY awards, Ricky Martin began his career at age twelve with one of the most successful groups in the Latin music scene. Recognized as "an international icon and global ambassador to Latin music" by Billboard and honored by the Latin Recording Academy as "Person of the Year," Ricky has sold over 85 million albums worldwide and has an impressive 95 platinum-certified records. Martin made his Broadway debut in a recent revival of Andrew Lloyd Webber's EVITA.

Martin's highly-anticipated tenth studio album, A Quien Quiera Escuchar, was released on February 10th, debuting at No. 1 on US and Puerto Rico album charts. Available in all distribution formats and in two versions - original and deluxe - A Quien Quiera Escuchar is perhaps the most personal and intimate recording that the singer, philanthropist, author, actor and entrepreneur has released. The first two singles, "Adiós" y "Disparo Al Corazón," have reached the top of national and international charts.







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