"I think the rhetoric that some politicians use is very divisive, but I think people of any kind of political affiliation seek good people and can recognise it,"
"You're hearing people's stories and you get to see people for who they are, you root for them, and then you realise 'Oh, I'm rooting for... someone who's Mexican,' who [you] didn't know could look like me. You're rooting for someone who's Middle Eastern and you're breaking down barriers of your preconceived notions of who those people are and then we stop being the enemy,"
"If you hear our stories, if you get to know us, you'll realise that the rhetoric that is meant to divide us, it's not worth [it]. People are people and when you meet people where they are and you get to hear their stories, you realise that what does best is"
DD Fuego competed on RuPaul's Drag Race season 18 and became the first contestant eliminated after a Q-Pop group challenge and a lip-sync against Mandy Mango. DD Fuego is a New York-based drag performer and fashion designer born in Monterrey, Mexico with Middle Eastern, Mexican and American heritage. The performer frames televised visibility as important amid rising anti-immigration sentiment and ICE raids under President Donald Trump. Televised representation can enable viewers across political lines to connect with individual stories, break down preconceived notions about Mexican and Middle Eastern people, and humanize immigrant communities.
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