How a Chilean dog ended up as a face of the New York City subway protests
- Written by Alexandra Isfahani-Hammond, Associate Professor Emeritus of Comparative Literature, University of California San Diego
A man holds a sign with an image of Negro Matapacos, in Santiago, Chile. MARTIN BERNETTI/AFP via Getty Images
A black Chilean dog wearing a red bandana made his mark during the New York City subway protests beginning in November 2019.
The protests were ignited by videos documenting police assaults on black and brown youth in the subways. For...
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