In a county of over one million undoc+ individuals, why is “undocumented” a bad word in the arts sector?

Erika Hirugami
Erika Hirugami is a first-generation transnational Mexican-Japanese immigrant, formerly undocumented, of Otomí and P’urhépecha ancestry. She received an MA and MPhil from UCLA, where she is currently a Doctoral Candidate. She is the Founder of CuratorLove and co-founder of UNDOC+Collective. Currently in Los Angeles, California — the unceded land of the Tongva, Tataviam, Serrano, Kizh, and Chumash peoples.