La Raza huh?
July 9, 2008You may remember last summer I broke this story when I did a little phone interview with the National Council on La Raza.
Well, Michelle Malkin’s got it right in her column this week. Some highlights of the top 15 things you need to know about “the Race”:
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), which the late GOP Rep. Charlie Norwood rightly characterized as “a radical racist group…[and] 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.”
4. “The Race” is currently leading a smear campaign against staunch immigration enforcement leaders and has called for TV and cable news netowrks 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.”
Obama and McCain will both be speaking at the 40th Annual La Raza Convention in a pathetic attempt to court the Hispanic vote. Oh for shame that they turned to the most radical of radicals instead of pitching their ideas to normal Hispanics (who tend to lean conservative).
There’s no question that a great majority of “normal” (your word) Hispanics favor amnesty for illegal immigrants. If Obama or McCain want Hispanic votes, they need to turn to organizations that have this as a primary concern. I guess that’s the National Council of La Raza/”The Race”.
Arturo I definitely wouldn’t say I agree with you. A lot of Hispanics around me (again, Deeeeep South Texas) have seen their families LEGALLY immigrate to the United States and see that granting amnesty to those that illegally immigrate cheapens their families’ struggle.
Laura,
I’ve known some Hispanics here in Southern California who immigrated LEGALLY also. But it’s a very small number, compared to the ones who came in illegally. More than 50% of all foreign-born Californians who are legal now started as illegal immigrants. Additionally, many who are American citizens have parents who are/were illegal immigrants. California is the eight biggest economy in the world. The illegal immigrant experience has not cheapened California, it has made helped it be the wonderful place it is to live.
I think we’re arguing two different things here…it’s not that California has been cheapened by illegal immigration, rather what I mean is that a lot of immigrants who came here legally feel like their struggle and story to seek citizenship is less valued when the government hands out amnesty.
I think we can both agree though that the immigration system needs major reform…how we do it isn’t by catering to radicals but rather by seeking middle ground and compromise.
I agree for a middle ground and compromise. The radicals on the Right, like Michelle Malkin (from where I came to your website), are out to sabotage a middle ground and compromise.
It’s a different struggle and story, and in many ways illegal immigrants’ is a more difficult and sadder one. Legal immigrants shouldn’t feel their struggle and story less valued because radicals on the right are out to malign illegal immigrants and stop legal immigration altogether.
Thank you for the opportunity to comment on your website.