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Michelle Aguilar Ramirez recently moved to Spokane, Washington, from Seattle with her mom, but says she has struggled with the multiple racist incidents she s experienced since she s arrived. She walks in her neighborhood every day, but avoids certain areas where neighbors fly confederate flags or Make America Great Again signs. Credit: Rajah Bose/The World
New to Spokane, she avoids speaking Spanish. It s become that tense By
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This story is part of Every 30 Seconds, a collaborative public media reporting project tracing the young Latino electorate leading up to the 2020 presidential election and beyond.
Michelle Aguilar Ramirez offers a virtual tour of her new home. Itâs a purple-pink house in Spokane on the opposite side of Washington, closer to the Idaho border than to Seattle, where she grew up.