ONLY IN AMERICA?
Townhall is becoming the last, best refuge for scoundrels and racists. A few weeks ago we were treated to Pat Buchanan's lovely little explanation of why Hitler did cause the Holocaust. Now, we are going to be subjected to Michelle Malkin's own personal version of Luther's 99 Thesis - Against LaRaza. How long are good and decent people going to put up with this sort of blatant anti-Hispanic bias? I guess as long as good people sit on one hand and keep the other over their mouths, people like Malkin can get away with the same sort of thing that started Hitler's rise to fame. Let's call it what it truly is. It is downright racism.
Deal with it.
So - she has a lovely little tome about 15 things you don't know about LaRaza. Let's just correct them for her. After all, we don't want Michelle Malkin to embarass herself (again) by not telling the whole truth. All Malkin's quotes come from her lovely little Townhall article. My rebuttals come directly from LaRaza's web site.
Malkin has repeatedly stated that the term "LaRaza" is racist in itself. Repeatedly LaRaza has suggested Try telling the truth for a change - the whole truth. she correct her mis-statements. She has yet to do so. It reached the point where the SPLC stepped in to help clear things up a little, thinks to Malkin and her lovely little friends at NRO.
"1. "The Race" thrives on ethnic supremacy -- and the elite sheeple's unwillingness to call it what it is. As historian Victor Davis Hanson observes: "[The] organization's very nomenclature 'The National Council of La Raza' is hate speech to the core. Despite all the contortions of the group, Raza (as its Latin cognate suggests) reflects the meaning of 'race' in Spanish, not 'the people' -- and that's precisely why we don't hear of something like 'The National Council of the People,' which would not confer the buzz notion of ethnic, racial and tribal chauvinism."
REBUTTAL:
"...The National Council of La Raza (NCLR) – the largest national Hispanic civil rights and advocacy organization in the United States – works to improve opportunities for Hispanic Americans. Through its network of nearly 300 affiliated community-based organizations (CBOs), NCLR reaches millions of Hispanics each year in 41 states, Puerto Rico, and the District of Columbia. To achieve its mission, NCLR conducts applied research, policy analysis, and advocacy, providing a Latino perspective in five key areas – assets/investments, civil rights/immigration, education, employment and economic status, and health. In addition, it provides capacity-building assistance to its Affiliates who work at the state and local level to advance opportunities for individuals and families...Many people incorrectly translate our name, “La Raza,” as “the race.” While it is true that one meaning of “raza” in Spanish is indeed “race,” in Spanish, as in English and any other language, words can and do have multiple meanings. As noted in several online dictionaries, “La Raza” means “the people” or “the community.” Translating our name as “the race” is not only inaccurate, it is factually incorrect. “Hispanic” is an ethnicity, not a race. As anyone who has ever met a Dominican American, Mexican American, or Spanish American can attest, Hispanics can be and are members of any and all races..."
IN ADDITION:
"...The NCLR site continues: “The term ‘La Raza’ has its origins in early 20th century Latin American literature and translates into English most closely as ‘the people,’ or, according to some scholars, ‘the Hispanic people of the New World.’ The term was coined by Mexican scholar José Vasconcelos to reflect the fact that the people of Latin America are a mixture of many of the world’s races, cultures, and religions. Mistranslating ‘La Raza’ to mean ‘the race’ implies that it is a term meant to exclude others. In fact, the full term coined by Vasconcelos, ‘La Raza Cósmica,’ meaning the ‘cosmic people,’ was developed to reflect not purity but the mixture inherent in the Hispanic people. This is an inclusive concept, meaning that Hispanics share with all other peoples of the world a common heritage and destiny.”..."
MALKIN'S MIS-REPRESENTATION
"2. "The Race" has perfected the art of the PC shakedown at taxpayer expense, pushing relentlessly to lower home loan standards for Hispanic borrowers, reaping millions in federal "mortgage counseling" grants, seeking special multimillion-dollar earmarks and partnering with banks that do business with illegal aliens."
THE TRUTH:
"...Corporate Relationship Opportunities
Why Partner with NCLR?
Corporate America has long understood the significance, in terms of both economic and societal impact, of America’s growing Hispanic community. Since its founding in 1968, NCLR has worked closely with major corporations to promote and institute initiatives that strengthen the Hispanic community and ensure the well-being and future prosperity of America. The following statistics illustrate the value of investing in this thriving market:
As of 2005, the Hispanic population in the continental U.S. was 41.9 million, or 14.5% of the total population. An additional 3.9 million Hispanics were residing in Puerto Rico. It is projected that Latinos will account for more than one in four Americans by 2050.
50% of the Hispanic population is under age 25.
85% of Hispanics under 18 were born in the United States.
Latino buying power is more than $736 billion.
By 2010, it is expected that Hispanics will have more than $1 trillion in disposable income.
The U.S. Latino population remits billions of dollars to Latin America: $45.8 billion in 2004.
(Sources: U.S. Census Bureau and University of Georgia’s Selig Center for Economic Growth)
Large and small, corporations value NCLR’s mission, work, credibility, and passion for improving opportunities for Hispanics throughout the country. Corporations such as Johnson & Johnson, Bank of America, PepsiCo, Inc., Citi, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., State Farm Insurance Companies, Comcast Communications, and Verizon believe that partnering with NCLR – the largest, most influential Hispanic advocacy organization in the U.S. – expands their engagement with the Hispanic community and gives them a direct way to support vital programs that serve the community.
We invite you to visit the following web pages to see how your corporation can become an active partner with NCLR….a partner in ensuring that all Hispanic Americans can achieve the American Dream...."
REBUTTAL:
"...The National Council of La Raza (NCLR) – the largest national Hispanic civil rights and advocacy organization in the United States – works to improve opportunities for Hispanic Americans. Through its network of nearly 300 affiliated community-based organizations (CBOs), NCLR reaches millions of Hispanics each year in 41 states, Puerto Rico, and the District of Columbia. To achieve its mission, NCLR conducts applied research, policy analysis, and advocacy, providing a Latino perspective in five key areas – assets/investments, civil rights/immigration, education, employment and economic status, and health. In addition, it provides capacity-building assistance to its Affiliates who work at the state and local level to advance opportunities for individuals and families...Many people incorrectly translate our name, “La Raza,” as “the race.” While it is true that one meaning of “raza” in Spanish is indeed “race,” in Spanish, as in English and any other language, words can and do have multiple meanings. As noted in several online dictionaries, “La Raza” means “the people” or “the community.” Translating our name as “the race” is not only inaccurate, it is factually incorrect. “Hispanic” is an ethnicity, not a race. As anyone who has ever met a Dominican American, Mexican American, or Spanish American can attest, Hispanics can be and are members of any and all races..."
IN ADDITION:
"...The NCLR site continues: “The term ‘La Raza’ has its origins in early 20th century Latin American literature and translates into English most closely as ‘the people,’ or, according to some scholars, ‘the Hispanic people of the New World.’ The term was coined by Mexican scholar José Vasconcelos to reflect the fact that the people of Latin America are a mixture of many of the world’s races, cultures, and religions. Mistranslating ‘La Raza’ to mean ‘the race’ implies that it is a term meant to exclude others. In fact, the full term coined by Vasconcelos, ‘La Raza Cósmica,’ meaning the ‘cosmic people,’ was developed to reflect not purity but the mixture inherent in the Hispanic people. This is an inclusive concept, meaning that Hispanics share with all other peoples of the world a common heritage and destiny.”..."
MALKIN'S MIS-REPRESENTATION
"2. "The Race" has perfected the art of the PC shakedown at taxpayer expense, pushing relentlessly to lower home loan standards for Hispanic borrowers, reaping millions in federal "mortgage counseling" grants, seeking special multimillion-dollar earmarks and partnering with banks that do business with illegal aliens."
THE TRUTH:
"...Corporate Relationship Opportunities
Why Partner with NCLR?
Corporate America has long understood the significance, in terms of both economic and societal impact, of America’s growing Hispanic community. Since its founding in 1968, NCLR has worked closely with major corporations to promote and institute initiatives that strengthen the Hispanic community and ensure the well-being and future prosperity of America. The following statistics illustrate the value of investing in this thriving market:
As of 2005, the Hispanic population in the continental U.S. was 41.9 million, or 14.5% of the total population. An additional 3.9 million Hispanics were residing in Puerto Rico. It is projected that Latinos will account for more than one in four Americans by 2050.
50% of the Hispanic population is under age 25.
85% of Hispanics under 18 were born in the United States.
Latino buying power is more than $736 billion.
By 2010, it is expected that Hispanics will have more than $1 trillion in disposable income.
The U.S. Latino population remits billions of dollars to Latin America: $45.8 billion in 2004.
(Sources: U.S. Census Bureau and University of Georgia’s Selig Center for Economic Growth)
Large and small, corporations value NCLR’s mission, work, credibility, and passion for improving opportunities for Hispanics throughout the country. Corporations such as Johnson & Johnson, Bank of America, PepsiCo, Inc., Citi, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., State Farm Insurance Companies, Comcast Communications, and Verizon believe that partnering with NCLR – the largest, most influential Hispanic advocacy organization in the U.S. – expands their engagement with the Hispanic community and gives them a direct way to support vital programs that serve the community.
We invite you to visit the following web pages to see how your corporation can become an active partner with NCLR….a partner in ensuring that all Hispanic Americans can achieve the American Dream...."
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Corporate PartnersMALKIN'S EDUCATION LIE
"3. "The Race" sponsors militant ethnic nationalist charter schools subsidized by your public tax dollars (at least $8 million in federal education grants). The schools include Aztlan Academy in Tucson, Ariz., the Mexicayotl Academy in Nogales, Ariz., Academia Cesar Chavez Charter School in St. Paul, Minn., and La Academia Semillas del Pueblo in Los Angeles, whose principal inveighed: "We don't want to drink from a White water fountain, we have our own wells and our natural reservoirs and our way of collecting rain in our aqueducts. We don't need a White water fountain … ultimately the White way, the American way, the neo liberal, capitalist way of life will eventually lead to our own destruction."
CHARTER SCHOOL PROGRAM
In Texas
"...“More than 90% of our students are at-risk and economically disadvantaged, and they have come to our school because they are not performing well at the traditional district schools. We are able to provide them with 20-person classrooms, a dual- language learning curriculum, and after-school programs teaching information technology, drama, dance, and physical education. We are now in our third year of operation and have nearly tripled in size through word-of-mouth alone.” -- Fernando Donnatti, Superintendent of D.R.A.W. Academy in Houston.
“The Raul Yzaguirre School for Success in Houston, a pre-K through 12th grade charter school servicing 645 students, graduated all 31 of its seniors last year, all of whom received acceptance letters to college and vocational schools. Failure is not an option at our schools. We face real challenges, but we are committed to the idea that every child can learn, and we are making dreams come true for some families who are seeing their first household members graduate.” -- Richard Farias, President & CEO of the Tejano Center for Community Concerns, an NCLR affiliate operating the Raul Yzaguirre Schools for Success in Houston and another campus in Brownsville.
“Our schools are more than just a place to take classes. We have high expectations of our students and we are able to hold them accountable by creating open-minded, nurturing environments that include parents and other members of the community in the education process.” -- Frances Teran, immediate past Chairwoman of the Texas Charter School Association and current Executive Director of the Mexican American Unity Council, Inc., which operates La Escuela de las Americas in San Antonio...."
"...“More than 90% of our students are at-risk and economically disadvantaged, and they have come to our school because they are not performing well at the traditional district schools. We are able to provide them with 20-person classrooms, a dual- language learning curriculum, and after-school programs teaching information technology, drama, dance, and physical education. We are now in our third year of operation and have nearly tripled in size through word-of-mouth alone.” -- Fernando Donnatti, Superintendent of D.R.A.W. Academy in Houston.
“The Raul Yzaguirre School for Success in Houston, a pre-K through 12th grade charter school servicing 645 students, graduated all 31 of its seniors last year, all of whom received acceptance letters to college and vocational schools. Failure is not an option at our schools. We face real challenges, but we are committed to the idea that every child can learn, and we are making dreams come true for some families who are seeing their first household members graduate.” -- Richard Farias, President & CEO of the Tejano Center for Community Concerns, an NCLR affiliate operating the Raul Yzaguirre Schools for Success in Houston and another campus in Brownsville.
“Our schools are more than just a place to take classes. We have high expectations of our students and we are able to hold them accountable by creating open-minded, nurturing environments that include parents and other members of the community in the education process.” -- Frances Teran, immediate past Chairwoman of the Texas Charter School Association and current Executive Director of the Mexican American Unity Council, Inc., which operates La Escuela de las Americas in San Antonio...."
AZTLAN ACADAMY
"...Aztlan Academy is a public charter high school designed for the young people it serves - teens living in poor economic and social conditions in South Tucson and its vicinity. The successful education of these young people depends on Aztlan's ability to integrate a meaningful Chicano Studies program into their lives, language, and academics, as a means of developing their intellects as well as their pride and self-esteem. Aztlan Academy opened in the fall of 2001 and currently serves 45 students in 9th and 10th grades who come from its feeder school, Cesar Chavez Middle School. Aztlan's programs are aligned with Arizona state graduation standards and promote postsecondary educational endeavors...."
MEXICAYOTL ACADEMY
"...Mexicayotl Academy is a charter school offering the community of Nogales, Arizona the choice of a high-quality academic education. In a border community of 400,000, the Academy works with and looks to the community to validate the Academy's education based on self-determination. The organization is structured and developed around the concepts of identity, culture, and language. The Academy has assisted in many efforts and worked with other organizations to support their efforts to right social injustices by educating the community and helping create social change..."
ACADEMIA CESAR CHAVEZ
"...Academia Cesar Chavez (ACC) works to improve educational opportunities for children and families. ACC is a culturally competent community school dedicated to a community-based holistic approach to education through quality academics. ACC is open for full-day kindergarten through 5th grade and will add one grade every year through 12th grade. ACC programs focus on helping students achieve academic success through strong programs that are aligned with Minnesota state graduation standards and high academic achievement expectations. ACC also integrates Latino culture, language, and values throughout the academic program using thematic teaching approaches. To supplement the student education programs, ACC also offers after-school academic enrichment (NCLR’s Academia del Pueblo), parent educational support, and seeks strategic partnerships with CBOs, businesses, and higher education institutions. At ACC, the staff share a commitment to modeling values such as respect, dignity, responsibility, social justice, and teamwork...."
ACADEMIA SEMILLAS DEL PUEBLO
"...Academia Semillas del Pueblo is a public charter school dedicated to providing urban children of immigrant and native families an excellent education founded upon their own language, cultural values, and global realities. The school opened in August 2002 to 125 students in grades K-3. Semillas will continue to add a grade level each year, through the eighth grade. Semillas will enrich standard course offerings with dual-language immersion; global language and cultural studies; visual, performing, and martial arts instruction; and a living curriculum. The school offers a small school environment in order to give rise to a regenerative school culture that embraces the customs and traditions of those served. The communal Academia Semillas del Pueblo school culture will be emboldened my multi-age, looping class configurations that further accelerate learning through a collective educational practice...."
"...Aztlan Academy is a public charter high school designed for the young people it serves - teens living in poor economic and social conditions in South Tucson and its vicinity. The successful education of these young people depends on Aztlan's ability to integrate a meaningful Chicano Studies program into their lives, language, and academics, as a means of developing their intellects as well as their pride and self-esteem. Aztlan Academy opened in the fall of 2001 and currently serves 45 students in 9th and 10th grades who come from its feeder school, Cesar Chavez Middle School. Aztlan's programs are aligned with Arizona state graduation standards and promote postsecondary educational endeavors...."
MEXICAYOTL ACADEMY
"...Mexicayotl Academy is a charter school offering the community of Nogales, Arizona the choice of a high-quality academic education. In a border community of 400,000, the Academy works with and looks to the community to validate the Academy's education based on self-determination. The organization is structured and developed around the concepts of identity, culture, and language. The Academy has assisted in many efforts and worked with other organizations to support their efforts to right social injustices by educating the community and helping create social change..."
ACADEMIA CESAR CHAVEZ
"...Academia Cesar Chavez (ACC) works to improve educational opportunities for children and families. ACC is a culturally competent community school dedicated to a community-based holistic approach to education through quality academics. ACC is open for full-day kindergarten through 5th grade and will add one grade every year through 12th grade. ACC programs focus on helping students achieve academic success through strong programs that are aligned with Minnesota state graduation standards and high academic achievement expectations. ACC also integrates Latino culture, language, and values throughout the academic program using thematic teaching approaches. To supplement the student education programs, ACC also offers after-school academic enrichment (NCLR’s Academia del Pueblo), parent educational support, and seeks strategic partnerships with CBOs, businesses, and higher education institutions. At ACC, the staff share a commitment to modeling values such as respect, dignity, responsibility, social justice, and teamwork...."
ACADEMIA SEMILLAS DEL PUEBLO
"...Academia Semillas del Pueblo is a public charter school dedicated to providing urban children of immigrant and native families an excellent education founded upon their own language, cultural values, and global realities. The school opened in August 2002 to 125 students in grades K-3. Semillas will continue to add a grade level each year, through the eighth grade. Semillas will enrich standard course offerings with dual-language immersion; global language and cultural studies; visual, performing, and martial arts instruction; and a living curriculum. The school offers a small school environment in order to give rise to a regenerative school culture that embraces the customs and traditions of those served. The communal Academia Semillas del Pueblo school culture will be emboldened my multi-age, looping class configurations that further accelerate learning through a collective educational practice...."
I truly feel sorry for Michelle Malkin. If I could ask her one question, it would be as follows: Do you really hate Hispanics that much or are you just posturing for your KKK and neo-Nazi keepers? Her keepers include John Tanton & Peter Brimelow. Go look 'em up. They are closely aligned with both groups. The all hate Hispanics. If this were about any other ethinc group but Hispanics or Muslims, Malkin would never say a word.
TRULY LAUGHABLE #4
"4. "The Race" is currently leading a smear campaign against staunch immigration enforcement leaders and has called for TV and cable news networks to keep immigration enforcement proponents off the airwaves -- in addition to pushing for Fairness Doctrine policies to shut up their foes. The New York Times reported that current "Race" president Janet Murguia believes "hate speech" should "not be tolerated, even if such censorship were a violation of First Amendment rights."..."
THE TRUTH ISN'T OUT THERE?"4. "The Race" is currently leading a smear campaign against staunch immigration enforcement leaders and has called for TV and cable news networks to keep immigration enforcement proponents off the airwaves -- in addition to pushing for Fairness Doctrine policies to shut up their foes. The New York Times reported that current "Race" president Janet Murguia believes "hate speech" should "not be tolerated, even if such censorship were a violation of First Amendment rights."..."
The truth isn't out there on this one. So far, the only reference I can find to Janet Murguia discussing the fairness doctrine is from conservative blogs, with no reference back to the actual original quote other than looping back to other blogs. There is the site We Can Stop the Hate, which is far more accurate than anything Malkin ever quotes. I like this page about the code words of hate. I think Malkin and her bunch are guilty of this - many times over - and over again. Malkin is angry because LaRaza is telling the truth about her anti-immigration associations.
MALKIN'S NEXT LIE
"5. "The Race" gives mainstream cover to a poisonous subset of ideological satellites, led by Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlan, or Chicano Student Movement of Aztlan (MEChA). The late GOP Rep. Charlie Norwood rightly characterized the organization as "a radical racist group … one of the most anti-American groups in the country, which has permeated U.S. campuses since the 1960s, and continues its push to carve a racist nation out of the American West."
THE TRUTH
"...Another misconception about NCLR is the allegation that we support a “Reconquista,” or the right of Mexico to reclaim land in the southwestern United States. NCLR has not made and does not make any such claim; indeed, such a claim is so far outside of the mainstream of the Latino community that we find it incredible that our critics raise it as an issue. NCLR has never supported and does not endorse the notion of a “Reconquista” or “Aztlán.” Similarly, NCLR’s critics falsely claim that the statement “Por La Raza todo, Fuera de La Raza nada,” [“For the community everything, outside the community nothing”] is NCLR’s motto. NCLR unequivocally rejects this statement, which is not and has never been the motto of any Latino organization.
NCLR’s work as a civil rights institution is about inclusion and participation in the American Dream, including extensive efforts to assist new immigrants in the process of fully integrating into American life. In fact, NCLR and its Affiliates work everyday to provide English classes, support naturalization efforts, and offer other services that help integrate immigrants fully into American society.
Many of these critics claim that NCLR supports dividing up sections or regions of this country by race or ethnic heritage. In particular, this claim was made by one outspoken critic of NCLR, the late Representative Charlie Norwood (R-GA). As the nation’s largest Hispanic civil rights organization, NCLR has a long, proud, well-documented history of opposing segregation based on race or ethnicity. Toward that end, we have actively contributed to the enactment and enforcement of fair housing and other civil rights laws and supported numerous measures to ensure that all Americans have the freedom to choose where to live...."
"5. "The Race" gives mainstream cover to a poisonous subset of ideological satellites, led by Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlan, or Chicano Student Movement of Aztlan (MEChA). The late GOP Rep. Charlie Norwood rightly characterized the organization as "a radical racist group … one of the most anti-American groups in the country, which has permeated U.S. campuses since the 1960s, and continues its push to carve a racist nation out of the American West."
THE TRUTH
"...Another misconception about NCLR is the allegation that we support a “Reconquista,” or the right of Mexico to reclaim land in the southwestern United States. NCLR has not made and does not make any such claim; indeed, such a claim is so far outside of the mainstream of the Latino community that we find it incredible that our critics raise it as an issue. NCLR has never supported and does not endorse the notion of a “Reconquista” or “Aztlán.” Similarly, NCLR’s critics falsely claim that the statement “Por La Raza todo, Fuera de La Raza nada,” [“For the community everything, outside the community nothing”] is NCLR’s motto. NCLR unequivocally rejects this statement, which is not and has never been the motto of any Latino organization.
NCLR’s work as a civil rights institution is about inclusion and participation in the American Dream, including extensive efforts to assist new immigrants in the process of fully integrating into American life. In fact, NCLR and its Affiliates work everyday to provide English classes, support naturalization efforts, and offer other services that help integrate immigrants fully into American society.
Many of these critics claim that NCLR supports dividing up sections or regions of this country by race or ethnic heritage. In particular, this claim was made by one outspoken critic of NCLR, the late Representative Charlie Norwood (R-GA). As the nation’s largest Hispanic civil rights organization, NCLR has a long, proud, well-documented history of opposing segregation based on race or ethnicity. Toward that end, we have actively contributed to the enactment and enforcement of fair housing and other civil rights laws and supported numerous measures to ensure that all Americans have the freedom to choose where to live...."
DEBUNKING MALKIN
The letter to Norwood
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Maybe Malkin should quit repeating the MEChA lie.
The letter to Norwood
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Maybe Malkin should quit repeating the MEChA lie.
"...NCLR has never supported, and does not support, separatist organizations. Some critics have accused MEChA (Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlán or Chicano Student Movement of Aztlán) of being a separatist organization and denounced NCLR for being a purported “major funder” of the organization. The reality is that in 2003, NCLR provided one chapter of the organization (Georgetown University) with a $2,500 subgrant to support a conference of Latino students—mainly from the Southwest and West Coast—who were attending East Coast colleges but could not afford to travel home for Thanksgiving. These Latino student groups hold mini-conferences with workshops and speakers, bringing together students who are often the first high school graduates and college attendees in their families.
According to its mission statement, MEChA is a student organization whose primary objectives are educational—to help Latino students finish high school and go to college, and to support them while at institutions of higher education. NCLR freely acknowledges that some of the organization’s founding documents, e.g., Plan Espiritual de Aztlán, contain inappropriate rhetoric, and NCLR also acknowledges that rhetoric from some MEChA members has been extremist and inflammatory. In a June 2006 Los Angeles Times op-ed, journalist Gustavo Arellano noted that all of the MEChA members of his class graduated from college and have gone on to successful careers, a rarity at a time when only 12% of Latinos have a college degree. And to the group’s founding documents, Arellano also pointed out that “few members take these dated relics of the 1960s seriously, if they even bothered to read them.”..."
FROM THE SPLCAccording to its mission statement, MEChA is a student organization whose primary objectives are educational—to help Latino students finish high school and go to college, and to support them while at institutions of higher education. NCLR freely acknowledges that some of the organization’s founding documents, e.g., Plan Espiritual de Aztlán, contain inappropriate rhetoric, and NCLR also acknowledges that rhetoric from some MEChA members has been extremist and inflammatory. In a June 2006 Los Angeles Times op-ed, journalist Gustavo Arellano noted that all of the MEChA members of his class graduated from college and have gone on to successful careers, a rarity at a time when only 12% of Latinos have a college degree. And to the group’s founding documents, Arellano also pointed out that “few members take these dated relics of the 1960s seriously, if they even bothered to read them.”..."
"....The group even has repeatedly disavowed certain founding documents of the Movimiento Estudiantil Chicanos de Aztlan (MEChA), a fellow Latino rights organization that is not a racist separatist group but did, more than 40 years ago, publish what NCLR characterizes as “inappropriate rhetoric.” NCLR publicly condemns Voz de Aztlan, a virulently anti-Semitic outfit that has long been listed as a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center....'
THE NEXT ONE
"6. Former "Race" president Raul Yzaguirre, Hillary Clinton's Hispanic outreach adviser, said this: "U.S. English is to Hispanics as the Ku Klux Klan is to blacks." He was referring to U.S. English, the nation's oldest, largest citizens' action group dedicated to preserving the unifying role of the English language in the United States. "The Race" also pioneered Orwellian open-borders Newspeak and advised the Mexican government on how to lobby for illegal alien amnesty while avoiding the terms "illegal" and "amnesty."
NOW THE TRUTH
Raul Yzaguirre was NOT talking about "English" as a language, but the ORGANIZATION founded by John Tanton, one of Malkin's handlers. US English IS a racist organization and it DOES have links to the KKK.
7. "The Race" has consistently opposed post-9/11 national security measures at every turn.
MALKIN'S SOURCES
For this one and these next few of Malkin's 99 thesis, she is using Discover the Network's shoddy work. In fact, most of her column is based on this one piece.
I don't approve of the Real ID act."6. Former "Race" president Raul Yzaguirre, Hillary Clinton's Hispanic outreach adviser, said this: "U.S. English is to Hispanics as the Ku Klux Klan is to blacks." He was referring to U.S. English, the nation's oldest, largest citizens' action group dedicated to preserving the unifying role of the English language in the United States. "The Race" also pioneered Orwellian open-borders Newspeak and advised the Mexican government on how to lobby for illegal alien amnesty while avoiding the terms "illegal" and "amnesty."
NOW THE TRUTH
Raul Yzaguirre was NOT talking about "English" as a language, but the ORGANIZATION founded by John Tanton, one of Malkin's handlers. US English IS a racist organization and it DOES have links to the KKK.
"...English Only advocates reserve their harshest judgments for one culture in particular: that amalgam of imperial and indigenous traditions, incorporating Castilian, Galician, Moorish, Aztec, Mayan, Taino, and West African elements, known loosely as "Hispanic." Not that nativists indulge in such fine distinctions. What concerns WITAN is a monolithic set of bad habits that it deems inimical to the American experiment: a "Latin" psychology that breeds underdevelopment, antisocial behavior, authoritarianism, educational failure, overpopulation, and of course, bilingualism. This is an updated version of the Black Legend. The villains are no longer ruthless conquistadores, but "ethnic bosses" who keep their people in bondage.
Former governor Lamm, whose views often parallel those of John Tanton, expresses alarm that 40 percent of U.S. immigration today comes from Latin America. "There's not a [single] successful nation south of our borders," he says. "We're bringing in immigrants who don't have the same culture, who don't have the same patterns of success." Spanish speakers insist on forming "ethnic enclaves so large that [they] can live in the U.S. and never learn to speak English or to assimilate into our culture." All this bodes grave consequences for the future, Lamm warns. "Demography is destiny. A nation succeeds only if a vast majority of its citizens succeed." Large numbers of Hispanics don't seem to be making it, he insinuates. Will they drag the rest of us down as well?
Amid the heated exchanges over racism – are English Only backers engaging in it? exploiting it? motivated by it? – one wonders how the question can ever be answered with finality. Tanton is correct on one thing. In U.S. political discourse today, there is no greater stigma than to be judged a white racist. No public figure will cop to this charge, not even former Klansman David Duke of Louisiana. (As it happens, he, too, has a penchant for English Only rhetoric.) Yet this is also an age of shameless Willie Hortonism, in which mainstream politicians like George Bush can exploit racism for partisan gain. They evade punishment by the voters because there is no consensus on the meaning of the term. To some, racism denotes a set of hereditarian judgments about "educability" or criminality. To others, it implies virtually any kind of animus or stereotype based on ethnic origin. This is a classic problem of semantics: words get in the way of settling differences. No matter that we're all speaking English...."
THERE IS MOREFormer governor Lamm, whose views often parallel those of John Tanton, expresses alarm that 40 percent of U.S. immigration today comes from Latin America. "There's not a [single] successful nation south of our borders," he says. "We're bringing in immigrants who don't have the same culture, who don't have the same patterns of success." Spanish speakers insist on forming "ethnic enclaves so large that [they] can live in the U.S. and never learn to speak English or to assimilate into our culture." All this bodes grave consequences for the future, Lamm warns. "Demography is destiny. A nation succeeds only if a vast majority of its citizens succeed." Large numbers of Hispanics don't seem to be making it, he insinuates. Will they drag the rest of us down as well?
Amid the heated exchanges over racism – are English Only backers engaging in it? exploiting it? motivated by it? – one wonders how the question can ever be answered with finality. Tanton is correct on one thing. In U.S. political discourse today, there is no greater stigma than to be judged a white racist. No public figure will cop to this charge, not even former Klansman David Duke of Louisiana. (As it happens, he, too, has a penchant for English Only rhetoric.) Yet this is also an age of shameless Willie Hortonism, in which mainstream politicians like George Bush can exploit racism for partisan gain. They evade punishment by the voters because there is no consensus on the meaning of the term. To some, racism denotes a set of hereditarian judgments about "educability" or criminality. To others, it implies virtually any kind of animus or stereotype based on ethnic origin. This is a classic problem of semantics: words get in the way of settling differences. No matter that we're all speaking English...."
7. "The Race" has consistently opposed post-9/11 national security measures at every turn.
MALKIN'S SOURCES
For this one and these next few of Malkin's 99 thesis, she is using Discover the Network's shoddy work. In fact, most of her column is based on this one piece.
"...With regard to national security concerns, NCLR has strongly opposed most of the U.S. government's post-9/11 counterterrorism efforts, alleging that they have "undermined" the rights of "noncitizen Latinos." For example: La Raza was a signatory to a March 17, 2003 letter exhorting members of the U.S. Congress to oppose Patriot Act II on grounds that it "contain[ed] a multitude of new and sweeping law enforcement and intelligence gathering powers … that would severely dilute, if not undermine, many basic constitutional rights"; it has endorsed the Community Resolution to Protect Civil Liberties campaign, a project that tries to influence city councils to pass resolutions to be non-compliant with the provisions of the Patriot Act;..."
8. "The Race" bitterly protested common-sense voter ID provisions as an "absolute disgrace."9. "The Race" joined other open-borders, anti-assimilationists and sued to prevent Proposition 227, California's bilingual education reform ballot initiative, from becoming law
THE RACIST CONNECTION
Let's just mention one person in connection with Proposition 227 - Barbara Coe.
US CHAMBER
I guess La Raza and the US Chamber are both out to destroy Malkin's America. They're in this one together.
WHAT IS ACCEPTABLE?
11. "The Race" joined the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee in a failed lawsuit attempt to prevent the feds from entering immigration information into a key national crime database -- and to prevent local police officers from accessing the data.
12. "The Race" opposes a secure fence on the southern border.
From CIRNOW
THE TRUTH
LaRaza's stand on comprehensive Immigration refrom. Deal with it.
"...The current U.S. immigration system is in need of fundamental reform. The current immigration laws are out of tune with our country’s economy, and millions of close family members remain in visa backlogs for years, waiting to be reunited with their families. Furthermore, more immigrants are paying large sums to smugglers and risking their lives to work and be reunited with their families; the number of border deaths has increased dramatically in recent years, now reaching nearly one death per day. There are approximately eight to ten million undocumented immigrants living and working in the U.S., filling essential gaps in the labor market while enduring low wages and poor working conditions. These workers often live in the shadows of society, often using false identification documents, and fearful of reporting crimes to the police.
14."The Race" demands in-state tuition discounts for illegal alien students that are not available to law-abiding U.S. citizens and law-abiding legal immigrants.
It's called The Dream Act.
15. "The Race" supports driver's licenses for illegal aliens.
MORE FACTS:
"...Washington, D.C. - The National Council of La Raza (NCLR), the nation's largest Latino civil rights organization, released an issue brief today that examines the issue of immigrants and state driver's license requirements. A number of states have recently passed, and several other states as well as the U.S. Congress are considering, legislation that severely restricts the ability of immigrants to obtain state-issued driver's licenses and other identification documents-in the name of national security. The issue brief argues, however, that restricting access to driver's licenses endangers the public safety and that our nation's national security efforts will be best served by ensuring that drivers' licenses are valid and reliable forms of identification that prove authorization to drive..."
THE RACIST CONNECTION
Let's just mention one person in connection with Proposition 227 - Barbara Coe.
"...Vitriolic, conspiracy-minded and just plain mean, Coe routinely refers to Mexicans as "savages." She claims to have exposed a secret Mexican plan (the "Plan de Aztlan") to reconquer the American Southwest. Last May, at a "Unite to Fight" anti-immigration summit in Las Vegas, she launched the kind of defamatory rant for which she is infamous. "We are suffering robbery, rape and murder of law-abiding citizens at the hands of illegal barbarians," she warned her cowering audience, "who are cutting off heads and appendages of blind, white, disabled gringos." More recently, she attacked the new Hispanic mayor of Los Angeles, Antonio Villaraigosa, accusing him of seeking to return Southern California to Mexico. But the most curious thing about the former police clerk -- whose friends have said she told them she was forced from her job in 1994, after using a city-owned camera to photograph people she thought were illegal aliens -- may be her offhand comments to the Denver Post this November. In a profile of her close friend, U.S. Rep. Tom Tancredo (R-Colo.), the paper said Coe described speaking to and belonging to the Council of Conservative Citizens. That group, which has called blacks "a retrograde species of humanity," has long been listed by the Southern Poverty Law Center as a hate group -- as has Coe's own California Coalition for Immigration Reform...."
FROM THE SPLC"...NCLR as a hotbed of racism, with “published material [that] shouts an ethic of racial triumphalism.” He argues that NCLR publications belong on the library shelf next to materials from bona fide hate groups like the neo-Nazi Aryan Nations. In employing this kind of propaganda — almost identical to what groups like the Klan falsely claim about organizations such as the multiracial NAACP — Derbyshire sounds similar to many on the radical right. For example, the hate group American Patrol, whose leader Glenn Spencer has spoken at several white supremacist events, regularly refers to the NCLR as the “Race Mob” or the “Tan Klan.” His close friend and fellow racist Barbara Coe — who is a member of the Council of Conservative Citizens, a group that has described blacks as “a retrograde species of humanity” — characterizes NCLR similarly...."
STUPIDITY10. "The Race" opposed the state of Oklahoma's tough immigration-enforcement-first laws, which cut off welfare to illegal aliens, put teeth in employer sanctions and strengthened local-federal cooperation and information sharing.
US CHAMBER
I guess La Raza and the US Chamber are both out to destroy Malkin's America. They're in this one together.
WHAT IS ACCEPTABLE?
11. "The Race" joined the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee in a failed lawsuit attempt to prevent the feds from entering immigration information into a key national crime database -- and to prevent local police officers from accessing the data.
12. "The Race" opposes a secure fence on the southern border.
From CIRNOW
"...DID YOU KNOW? Over the last 20 years, border enforcement has ballooned
In 1986, the budget for the Border Patrol was $151 million. By 2002, the Border Patrol budget had reached $1.6 billion—a tenfold increase.
Between 1986 and 2002, the number of hours agents spent patrolling the border grew by a factor of about eight.
By 2002 the Border Patrol was the largest arms-bearing branch of the U.S. government, excluding the military.
Building a fence along the entire southwest border would cost roughly $9 billion—about $2.5 billion more than the total budget of U.S. Customs and Border Protection in FY 2005.
The border buildup has failed: Undocumented immigration has skyrocketed
Despite a dramatic increase in border enforcement, each year from 1990 to 2004 there were between 480,000 and 660,000 undocumented immigrants settling in the U.S. In all, more than 9 million undocumented immigrants were added to our population since 1990.
The increase in border enforcement has led to an increase in the number of immigrants dying while crossing the border. From January 1995 through March 2004, more than 2,640 migrants died. In the last four years there has been on average more than one death per day. A record 460 migrants lost their lives this past year, according to the U.S. Border Patrol.
Enforcement policies have backfired: We are spending more and succeeding less in controlling the border
The cost of making an arrest along the border has increased from $300 in 1992 to $1,700 in 2002—an increase of 467% in a decade. (For perspective, the consumer price index rose approximately 28% during this period.)
Facing increased costs and danger in crossing the border, migrants who used to go back and forth across the border now stay longer. With the average length of stay longer, and the migrant flow across the border undiminished, the result has been a rapidly rising undocumented population in the U.S...'
13. "The Race" vehemently opposes cooperative immigration enforcement efforts between local, state and federal authorities.In 1986, the budget for the Border Patrol was $151 million. By 2002, the Border Patrol budget had reached $1.6 billion—a tenfold increase.
Between 1986 and 2002, the number of hours agents spent patrolling the border grew by a factor of about eight.
By 2002 the Border Patrol was the largest arms-bearing branch of the U.S. government, excluding the military.
Building a fence along the entire southwest border would cost roughly $9 billion—about $2.5 billion more than the total budget of U.S. Customs and Border Protection in FY 2005.
The border buildup has failed: Undocumented immigration has skyrocketed
Despite a dramatic increase in border enforcement, each year from 1990 to 2004 there were between 480,000 and 660,000 undocumented immigrants settling in the U.S. In all, more than 9 million undocumented immigrants were added to our population since 1990.
The increase in border enforcement has led to an increase in the number of immigrants dying while crossing the border. From January 1995 through March 2004, more than 2,640 migrants died. In the last four years there has been on average more than one death per day. A record 460 migrants lost their lives this past year, according to the U.S. Border Patrol.
Enforcement policies have backfired: We are spending more and succeeding less in controlling the border
The cost of making an arrest along the border has increased from $300 in 1992 to $1,700 in 2002—an increase of 467% in a decade. (For perspective, the consumer price index rose approximately 28% during this period.)
Facing increased costs and danger in crossing the border, migrants who used to go back and forth across the border now stay longer. With the average length of stay longer, and the migrant flow across the border undiminished, the result has been a rapidly rising undocumented population in the U.S...'
THE TRUTH
LaRaza's stand on comprehensive Immigration refrom. Deal with it.
"...The current U.S. immigration system is in need of fundamental reform. The current immigration laws are out of tune with our country’s economy, and millions of close family members remain in visa backlogs for years, waiting to be reunited with their families. Furthermore, more immigrants are paying large sums to smugglers and risking their lives to work and be reunited with their families; the number of border deaths has increased dramatically in recent years, now reaching nearly one death per day. There are approximately eight to ten million undocumented immigrants living and working in the U.S., filling essential gaps in the labor market while enduring low wages and poor working conditions. These workers often live in the shadows of society, often using false identification documents, and fearful of reporting crimes to the police.
14."The Race" demands in-state tuition discounts for illegal alien students that are not available to law-abiding U.S. citizens and law-abiding legal immigrants.
It's called The Dream Act.
15. "The Race" supports driver's licenses for illegal aliens.
MORE FACTS:
"...Washington, D.C. - The National Council of La Raza (NCLR), the nation's largest Latino civil rights organization, released an issue brief today that examines the issue of immigrants and state driver's license requirements. A number of states have recently passed, and several other states as well as the U.S. Congress are considering, legislation that severely restricts the ability of immigrants to obtain state-issued driver's licenses and other identification documents-in the name of national security. The issue brief argues, however, that restricting access to driver's licenses endangers the public safety and that our nation's national security efforts will be best served by ensuring that drivers' licenses are valid and reliable forms of identification that prove authorization to drive..."
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