in 2015 found that police officers in the United States shoot andkill more civilians for the first time in college shook my worldview completely. I grew up in San Antonio and my mom’s family lived all throughout South Texas. We lived not far from where Anzaldúa, a poet, feminist theorist, and writer, grew up. Though my family is Anglo and Anzaldúa isChicana from New Zealanders Nadia Abu-Shanab, who is Palestinian, and Justine Sachs, who is Jewish. "Today, millions of people stand opposed to the Israeli government’s policies of oppression, ethnic cleansing, human rights violations, occupation, and apartheid. As part of this struggle, we believe that an economic, intellectual, and artistic boycott is an effective way of speaking out against these crimes," they wrote. Lauryn Hill, Gorillaz, and Elvis Costello have also declined to perform in Israel to boycott its actions toward Palestine,according toThe Guardian 's database. That's just under three people per day, or one every eight hours and 48 minutes — which means by the time you read this, that number will most likely be outdated. A report byThe Guardian