Email to State Reps
I was just cleaning out my google Drive, as one does, and found this letter I wrote about a month ago:
September 15, 2020
To Whom It May Concern,
I, like most Americans, were shocked to discover that Mass Hysterectomies are being viciously carried out on immigrant women. I was quite distressed on hearing this information, as I am a woman. Due to the thorough history of the United States practicing Eugenics on Black, Indigenous, and Hispanic people in this country (as well as the well documented concentration camps after WWII of Asian Americans), I am incredibly alarmed to find out that this practice is not only alive and well, but it is in my own backyard with T Dodd Hutto.
I do not think it is ok for my tax dollars to go to pay the salaries and benefits of people who are (1) taking away any woman's right to KEEP HER UTERUS, (2) to mother her children, (3) and to be mentally and physically CARED FOR, instead of punished, abused, and raped. It is not okay, and I do not care where she is from, she is still a woman.
In light of that, I have some questions about the T Dodd Hutto “Residential” Center? (It’s a concentration camp, in my view):
Are there any mass hysterectomies being performed on the women held in this center?
How are rape allegations being reported? To whom would a detainee make a report? And what happens after a report is made?
If a woman becomes pregnant at T Dodd Hutto, what would happen to her?
How are you supporting children in this camp who may have learning disabilities and a neurodiverse brain set?
How are you educating children that are within your care?
How is the staff protecting the children and women that are in these camps from Covid?
How many detainees have died from Covid? Were their families notified? What was done with their bodies?
How do family members report incidents of these camps reported from a family member into staff? How are those handled? Do you have a bi-lingual person to translate?
How are you ensuring there is no discrimination occurring on the ground in these camps? How are the facilities trained in diversity? Is it required to know Spanish?
Why does this facility even exist? What purpose for society does it serve? And why is there one in my county?
Thank you for answering these questions. I want to make sure that before I go and protest, I know all of the information so that I can hold well-researched and thoughtful conversations about the concentration camps.
Best,
Antiracist Karen****
Williamson County Tax Payer