I struggled for hours to describe the way I felt after I hard the news that United Farm Workers co-founder and civil rights icon César E. Chávez was accused of sexual assault by a number of women who had worked with him throughout his storied career.
It’s surreal to identify the exact moment your heart starts to break. In an instant it dissolves away, settling down into a ball in the deepest part of your stomach and leaving a hole where it once was.
That was the best I could do…