People should look to Latino street artists, such as those in East Los Angeles and Boyle Heights, who use "paint as a protest tool, a practice that came from the barrios, where villagers rose up with brushes for pitchforks and paint as torches," Fuentes wrote in 2017. Underserved communities have “always spoken up by writing on the walls of their neighborhoods, demanding for better education and shared civic liberties."

Source: Los Angeles Times February 09, 2019 17:48 UTC