The Truth About 'La Raza' [Rove to join Clinton and Villaraigosa at racist conference]

Human Events Online ^ | 7 Apr 2006 | Rep. Charlie Norwood

[Spiff]

The Truth About 'La Raza'

by Rep. Charlie Norwood

The nation's television screens many days recently have been filled with scenes of huge crowds carrying the colorful green and red flag of Mexico viewers could well have thought it was a national holiday in Mexico City.

It was instead, downtown Los Angeles, Calif., although the scene was recreated in numerous other cities around the country with substantial Mexican populations. Hordes of Mexican expatriates, many here illegally, were protesting the very U.S. immigration laws they were violating with impunity. They found it offensive and a violation of their rights that the U.S. dared to have immigration laws to begin with.

Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa mounted the podium, but any hopes that he would quiet the crowds and defend the law were soon dashed. Villaraigosa, himself, has spent a lifetime opposing U.S. immigration law.

For law-abiding Americans without knowledge of the dark side of our current illegal immigration crisis, all this is unfathomable. For those who know the truth about the "La Raza" movement, these demonstrations were a prophecy fulfilled.

It is past time for all Americans to know what is at the root of this outrageous behavior, and the extent to which the nation is at risk because of "La Raza" -- The Race.

There are many immigrant groups joined in the overall "La Raza" movement. The most prominent and mainstream organization is the National Council de La Raza -- the Council of "The Race".

To most of the mainstream media, most members of Congress, and even many of their own members, the National Council of La Raza is no more than a Hispanic Rotary Club.

But the National Council of La Raza succeeded in raking in over $15.2 million in federal grants last year alone, of which $7.9 million was in U.S. Department of Education grants for Charter Schools, and undisclosed amounts were for get-out-the-vote efforts supporting La Raza political positions.

The Council of La Raza succeeded in having itself added to congressional hearings by Republican House and Senate leaders. And an anonymous senator even gave the Council of La Raza an extra $4 million in earmarked taxpayer money, supposedly for "housing reform," while La Raza continues to lobby the Senate for virtual open borders and amnesty for illegal aliens.

The Mexican flag flew over a crowd of pro-amnesty marchers in New York. Marches like this across the U.S. have been supported by the “La Raza” movement. (Reuters/Seth Wenig)

Radical 'Reconquista' Agenda

Behind the respectable front of the National Council of La Raza lies the real agenda of the La Raza movement, the agenda that led to those thousands of illegal immigrants in the streets of American cities, waving Mexican flags, brazenly defying our laws, and demanding concessions.

Key among the secondary organizations is the radical racist group Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlan, or Chicano Student Movement of Aztlan (MEChA), 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.

One of America's greatest strengths has always been taking in immigrants from cultures around the world, and assimilating them into our country as Americans. By being citizens of the U.S. we are Americans first, and only, in our national loyalties.

This is totally opposed by MEChA for the hordes of illegal immigrants pouring across our borders, to whom they say:

"Chicano is our identity; it defines who we are as people. It rejects the notion that we...should assimilate into the Anglo-American melting pot...Aztlan was the legendary homeland of the Aztecas ... It became synonymous with the vast territories of the Southwest, brutally stolen from a Mexican people marginalized and betrayed by the hostile custodians of the Manifest Destiny." (Statement on University of Oregon MEChA Website, Jan. 3, 2006)

MEChA isn't at all shy about their goals, or their views of other races. Their founding principles are contained in these words in "El Plan Espiritual de Aztlan" (The Spiritual Plan for Aztlan):

"In the spirit of a new people that is conscious not only of its proud historical heritage but also of the brutal gringo invasion of our territories, we, the Chicano inhabitants and civilizers of the northern land of Aztlan from whence came our forefathers, reclaiming the land of their birth and consecrating the determination of our people of the sun, declare that the call of our blood is our power, our responsibility, and our inevitable destiny. ... Aztlan belongs to those who plant the seeds, water the fields, and gather the crops and not to the foreign Europeans. ... We are a bronze people with a bronze culture. Before the world, before all of North America, before all our brothers in the bronze continent, we are a nation, we are a union of free pueblos, we are Aztlan. For La Raza todo. Fuera de La Raza nada."

That closing two-sentence motto is chilling to everyone who values equal rights for all. It says: "For The Race everything. Outside The Race, nothing."

If these morally sickening MEChA quotes were coming from some fringe website, Americans could at least console themselves that it was just a small group of nuts behind it. Nearly every racial and ethnic group has some shady characters and positions in its past and some unbalanced individuals today claiming racial superiority and demanding separatism. But this is coming straight from the official MEChA sites at Georgetown University, the University of Texas, UCLA, University of Michigan, University of Colorado, University of Oregon, and many other colleges and universities around the country.

MEChA was in fact reported to be one of the main organizers of those street demonstrations we witnessed over the past weeks. That helps explain why those hordes of illegal immigrants weren't asking for amnesty -- they were demanding an end to U.S. law, period. Unlike past waves of immigrants who sought to become responsible members of American society, these protesters reject American society altogether, because they have been taught that America rightfully belongs to them.

MEChA and the La Raza movement teach that Colorado, California, Arizona, Texas, Utah, New Mexico, Oregon and parts of Washington State make up an area known as "Aztlan" -- a fictional ancestral homeland of the Aztecs before Europeans arrived in North America. As such, it belongs to the followers of MEChA. These are all areas America should surrender to "La Raza" once enough immigrants, legal or illegal, enter to claim a majority, as in Los Angeles. The current borders of the United States will simply be extinguished.

This plan is what is referred to as the "Reconquista" or reconquest, of the Western U.S.

But it won't end with territorial occupation and secession. The final plan for the La Raza movement includes the ethnic cleansing of Americans of European, African, and Asian descent out of "Aztlan."

As Miguel Perez of Cal State-Northridge's MEChA chapter has been quoted as saying: "The ultimate ideology is the liberation of Aztlan. Communism would be closest [to it]. Once Aztlan is established, ethnic cleansing would commence: Non-Chicanos would have to be expelled -- opposition groups would be quashed because you have to keep power."

MEChA Plants

Members of these radical, anti-American, racist organizations are frequently smoothly polished into public respectability by the National Council of La Raza.

Former MEChA members include Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, who was officially endorsed by La Raza for mayor and was awarded La Raza's Graciela Olivarez Award. Now we know why he refuses to condemn a sea of foreign flags in his city. California Lt. Gov. Cruz Bustamante is also a former MEChA member. He delivered the keynote address at La Raza's 2002 Annual Convention.

The National Council of La Raza and its allies in public office make no repudiation of the radical MEChA and its positions. In fact, as recently as 2003, La Raza was actively funding MEChA, according to federal tax records.

Imagine Robert Byrd's refusing to disavow the views of the KKK, or if Strom Thurmond had failed to admit segregation was wrong. Imagine Heritage or Brookings Foundation making grants to the American Nazi Party.

Is the National Council of La Raza itself a racist organization? Regardless of the organization's suspect ties, the majority of its members are not. When one examines all the organization's activities, they are commendable non-profit projects, such as education and housing programs.

But even these defensible efforts raise the question of whether education and housing programs funded with federal tax dollars should be used in programs specifically targeted to benefit just one ethnic group.

La Raza defenders usually respond by calling anyone making these allegations "a racist" for having called attention to La Raza's racist links. All the groups and public officials with ties to the La Raza movement can take a big step towards disproving these allegations by simply following the examples of Senators Byrd and Thurmond and repenting of their past ways.

If they are unwilling to admit past misdeeds, they can at least state -- unequivocally -- that they officially oppose the racist and anti-American positions of MEChA, and any other groups that espouse similar views.

Through public appearances, written statements, and on their respective websites, La Raza groups and allies must:

1. Denounce the motto "For La Raza todo. Fuera de La Raza nada," as repugnant, racist, and totally incompatible with American society or citizenship.

2. Acknowledge the right of all Americans to live wherever they choose in the U.S. without segregation.

3. Commit to sponsorship of nationwide educational programs to combat racism and anti-Semitism in the Hispanic community.

4. Denounce and sever all ties with MEChA and any other organizations with which they have ever been associated which held to the racist doctrines held by MEChA.

5. Acknowledge the internationally recognized borders of the U.S., the right of the citizens of the U.S. to determine immigration policy through the democratic process, and the right of the U.S. to undertake any and all necessary steps to effectively enforce immigration law and defend its border against unauthorized entry.

6. Repudiate all claims that current American territory rightfully belongs to Mexico.

If the National Council of La Raza, other La Raza groups, and local and national political leaders with past ties and associations with the radical elements of the La Raza movement can publicly issue such a statement and live by every one of these principles, they should be welcomed into the American public policy arena, with past sins -- real or imaginary -- forgiven.

If they cannot publicly and fully support these principles, Congress needs to take appropriate steps and immediately bar any group refusing to comply from receiving any future federal funds. Both the House and Senate should strike these groups from testifying before any committees, and the White House should sever all ties. Both political parties should disengage from any further contact with these groups and individuals.

There are plenty of decent, patriotic Hispanic organizations and elected officials to provide Congress with necessary feedback on specific issues confronting Americans of Latino heritage. Any group or individual who can agree with the simple six points should be welcomed into that fold.

If not, the American people will know there's a wolf in their midst, and take the necessary precautions to defend our Republic against an enemy.

Mr. Norwood, a Republican, represents the 9th District of Georgia.

[Spiff]

Banner from the National Council of La Raza website.

The National Council of La Raza (NCLR), the largest national Latino civil rights and advocacy organization in the U.S., announced today that former President Bill Clinton, White House Deputy Chief of Staff Karl Rove, and Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa are among the confirmed speakers for the upcoming NCLR Annual Conference which will be held July 8-11 at the Los Angeles Convention Center in Los Angeles, CA.

Tuesday, July 11

Tuesday Luncheon
Location: West Hall B
Time: 12:30-2:30 p.m.

Terry Boike, Director Retail Mortgage Sales, E*TRADE Financial
Janet Murguía, President and CEO, National Council of La Raza
Karl Rove, Deputy Chief of Staff and Senior Advisor to the President
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, R-CA (Invited)

[TommyDale]

La Raza = "The Race". That's as blatant racist as you can get.

[Armigerous]

If I was Carlos Mencia I could call that whole bunch 'beaners' and get away with it

[mtbopfuyn]

That helps explain why those hordes of illegal immigrants weren't asking for amnesty -- they were demanding an end to U.S. law, period.

Which is something Bush doesn't seem to be able to grasp.

[sgtbono2002]

Both parties are selling our ass down the river for the Hispanic vote as fast as they can.

They wont be happy until this is the United States of Mexico and we are all speaking spanish.

[Redbob]

"La Raza = "The Race". That's as blatant racist as you can get."

Needs to be said more than once.

[Redbob]

"If I was Carlos Mencia I could call that whole bunch 'beaners' and get away with it"

Or wetbacks, or...
LOL!

[kinghorse]

What's with the skinhead haircuts? Is this some secret handshake among the reconquistas? I see the most militant sporting the skullcap look. Comments?

When the day comes, I wonder how the minority will feel about an ethic majority of hispanics who rally around "The Race United"? This is different from the KKK and Brownshirts exactly how?

[Baynative]

Our entire nation deserves a "Shame on you" for accepting the absurdity of illegal immigrants - felons, marching in our streets demanding rights and priveleges they can't even dream about in their own country.

[sheana]

What you are referring to started in the prisons, spread to the gangbangers, wannabes, and is now quite a common look among hispanics.....at least in California.

They all look like hoods now.

[hispanarepublicana]

They don't speak for me.

www.dontspeakforme.org

[hispanarepublicana]

If "they all" look like hoods, you're hanging around the wrong hispanics.

[msnimje]

I miss Ronald Reagan.

[taxed2death]

Absolutely blows my mind how any politician could spend my tax money in this fashion.

[somniferum]

It's not different at all. Exact same rhetoric. But since it is an ostensibly 'oppressed' rather than 'oppressor' group utterting it, our Marxist media/Educational establishment will continue to cheerlead them.

[HuntsvilleTxVeteran]

"I miss Ronald Reagan."

I miss him also but He was wrong about Amnesty and his SC appointments.

[sheana]

Didn't say I was hanging with them. Come to my neck of the woods and see the ones out on the streets. The almost shaved heads and tats are everywhere and yes, they do look like hoods.

[little jeremiah]

I haven't had much time for FR lately and haven't seen you around either (or could just be missing you).

This is horrible - why is Rove going to be at this thing? Very bad news.

I hope a lot of people who don't yet know about La Raza read this article.

[sheana]

Forgot to mention, it is not just the hispanics. You can count alot of the blacks and yes *gasp* even gringo kids in on the look.
I guess looking like a "hood" is the rage here no matter what color you are.

[AppyPappy]

Rove kowtowing to people who won't vote for us anyway. Always a bad idea. He'sll get booed off the stage and the Dems will use the footage to get Hispanic votes.

[Reagan Man]

More know-nothing rhetoric.

Reagan signed off on the ONE-TIME amnesty deal of 1986, only after his demands for employer sanctions was agreed to by the Congress. The IRCA of 1986 is STILL the law of the land, and the one million dollar fines can STILL be enforced against employers who hire illegals. Ted Kennedy didn't like the employer sanction provision and began to systematically underfund it, leading to 20 years of liberal immigration policies under Bush41, Clinton and Bush43.

No President can know how his SCOTUS appointmets will turn out. Just ask Ike about Earl Warren and Nixon about Warren Burger. Reagan's nominees/appointments included conservatives Robert Bork, Antonin Scalia, William Reinquist and Anthony Kennedy. Kennedy received endorsements from all the major national right to life organizations, and anti-crime LE groups. SD O'Conner was a moderate jurist when Reagan appointed her. Reagan probably shouldn't have listened to Meese and Shultz to pick O'Conner.

After 10-20 years on the high court, Bush`s picks of Roberts and Alito can be properly judged in historic content. Not now.

[NRA2BFree]

Isn't Attorney General Antonio Gonzales a member of La Raza too? I'm pretty sure he belongs to one of these groups.

I wonder if the OBL will show up to scream that we are racist and that's why we are against allowing amnesty to the millions of illegal Mexicans who are here to subvert the US government and reclaim these states for Mexico? They just don't want to admit what the real purpose of illegal immigration is all about, but that's why they support La Raza and MEChA!

Rove will attend and support the agenda of La Raza at the upcoming Mexican Congress, in LA. His boss probably sent him! I bet Hillary will show up with Bill. She was one of the featured speakers to a conference that La Raza and other Mexican groups held last year. In fact, only RATS were allowed to speak, but then, most all of them are RATS, and once illegals get amnesty they will vote RAT and the political face of America will be forever changed.

[Southside_Chicago_Republican]

Maybe they're just trying give to the public the idea that La Raza is a respectible and responsible organization -- just like a previous administration did with the Kosovo Liberation Army.

[HuntsvilleTxVeteran]

That is why completely secure borders are needed before any talk about Amnesty.

Clinton used the power to allow citizenship to be given to people that did not have background checks and could not speak English.

[blaquebyrd]

"This is different from the KKK and Brownshirts exactly how?"

Presidential support.

[DuncanWaring]

...Colorado, California, Arizona, Texas, Utah, New Mexico, Oregon and parts of Washington State make up an area known as "Aztlan"...

As a minor correction, this list should probably also include Nevada.

A more significant complaint is that I strongly suspect the Utes, Apaches, Navajos, Hopis etc. would never admit that the Aztecs ever had any legitimate claim to the referenced area.

[fantom]

Ya. And Rove thinks he's sticking it to all of us. Well we will see when Nov. rolls around. The final act in the Bush play has been weak. I will leave it at that.

[Czar]

Villraigosa (aka Tony Villar) is a perfect choice inasmuch as he's the mayor of the Mexicans in LA, but will never be considered the mayor of LA. He, too, has shown himself to be a racist weasel every bit as bad as anyone you can find In LaRaza, MEChA, LULAC, MALDEF or any of the many other sorry little troublemakers with reconquista and love of illegal aliens as an announced or hidden agenda. So Tony Villar attending this conference is about as remarkable as discovering a burrito in Santa Ana. Good fit.

Clinton, of course, confirmed media whore that he is, hates to ever pass up any chance to avail himself of a photo op and inflict his insufferable bloviation on the largest audience possible--usually at an exorbitant fee. Impeached, draft dodging, accused rapist and probable traitor, it is hard to imagine anyone better suited to be a speaker at a NCLR conference. They are made for each other. Another good choice.

Karl Rove here, is of course merely a surrogate for Bush who would love to attend as principal demogogue and Hispanderer, but who recognizes that loyal American conservatives would then make his life even more difficult than they already have, with Republicans running for reelection storming the White House with protests. Sending Rove, the father of modern party-above-principle Big Tent GOP politics, will fool nobody. So much for the much ballyhooed "change of mind" on S. 2611 and the passionate embrace of "enforcement only". On this one, "compassionate conservatism" and "new tone in Washington" isn't going to do a damned bit of good. Good fit under the circumstances, but a surrogate is still only a surrogate, whose appearance may cause his boss a lot of trouble (and he will deserve every bit of it).

All in all, an impressive collection of traitors.

[engrpat]

Both parties are selling our ass down the river for the Hispanic vote as fast as they can.

I wonder when it will dawn on the blacks that they are no longer the fair haired minority..the chosen people of the left..?

[dalereed]

"So much for the much ballyhooed "change of mind" on S. 2611 and the passionate embrace of "enforcement only"".

Anyone that saw Bush's dispicable display at Dunkin Donut on CSPAN yesterday would know that he's a flat out liar.

[Czar]

"Anyone that saw Bush's dispicable display at Dunkin Donut on CSPAN yesterday would know that he's a flat out liar."

Leaving us with the big question, of course, that if he isn't credible on the illegal alien issue, how credible is he on any other issue?

[Thombo2]

RE:Shaved heads"now quite a common look among hispanics...at least in California"I learn something new every day on FR.We have a few sporting that look where i work(Fla).Lots of gold chains.Tattos.Occasionally overheard refering to white co-workers as "Gringo's".

[WatchingInAmazement]

Sending Rove, the father of modern party-above-principle Big Tent GOP politics, will fool nobody

At this point, the "big tent" is nothing more than a CIRCUS complete with clowns.

[Czar]

"At this point, the "big tent" is nothing more than a CIRCUS complete with clowns."

And completely bereft of loyal American conservatives.

We're all done.

Rove and Bush will have to make do with just the pretend-conservatives onboard. It's all they have, plus the (R) lemmings and however few legal Hispanic voters they are able to fool along with your odd lots of illegal alien voters here and there.

Too bad. They brought it on themselves.

[WatchingInAmazement]

Too bad. They brought it on themselves.

I cannot say what the Rove/Bush/Norquist intentions are, but they couldn't destroy the Republican party faster if they tried.

[Czar]

"I cannot say what the Rove/Bush/Norquist intentions are, but they couldn't destroy the Republican party faster if they tried."

It really has been an amazing thing to watch. According to the RNC, donations are still flowing in, yet every single conservative I know has shut down donations for the past year or longer. Either they're lying, or the wealthy, silk sock, country-club, go along to get along crowd of compromisers (e.g., the New Majority pecksniffs), is making up the difference. But something doesn 't compute.

[Altura Ct.]

It really has been an amazing thing to watch. According to the RNC, donations are still flowing in, yet every single conservative I know has shut down donations for the past year or longer. Either they're lying, or the wealthy, silk sock, country-club, go along to get along crowd of compromisers (e.g., the New Majority pecksniffs), is making up the difference. But something doesn 't compute.

Sure doesn't compute! Just like you hear from the press that "most" Americans are for comprehensive immigration reform. The MSM still underestimates the power of the internet. Either that or they really do think we are mostly stupid.

[VOA]

Oh, it gets even better...with another sell-out from The Heartland, with VOA
adding capital letters:

(from the conference schedule at:
http://www.nclr.org/section/events/conference/event_information/speakertalent/

Monday, July 10

Monday Luncheon
Location: West Hall B
Time: 12:30-2:30 p.m.

Lynn Pike, President, Bank of America California
SENATOR SAM BROWNBACK, R-Kansas
Robert Iger, President & CEO, The Walt Disney Company

[VOA]

According to the RNC, donations are still flowing in...

Hey, "coyotes" and Mexican drug families can afford to be very generous.
Maybe they are sending donations to the RNC in gratitude for all
the hard work of Dubya and some RINO Senators.
Via their legal relatives in El Norte.

As the politicians say "donations don't buy votes, donations buy access".
And it appears coyotes and drugrunners have more access than Joe and
Josephine Six-Pack do.

[SoCalPol]

While listening to the Congressional hearing here in San Diego yesterday I especially enjoyed hearing the Hispanic-American Sheriff from TX, Flores.
He has a lot of courage telling it like it is.

[Smartass]

Thank You
BUMP TO POST #13

 

[joanie-f]

Racist weasel … sorry little troublemaker … media whore … insufferable bloviation … draft dodger … accused rapist … probable traitor … principal demagogue …

Remind me never to list you as a character reference. :)

(The only way you might have been more accurate is to have omitted ‘accused’ and ‘probable’.)

~ joanie
Allegiance and Duty Betrayed

[MadLibDisease]

"They don't speak for me."


We know that, and unlike the left likes to spew, we are not xenophobes or racists. We just want our immigrants to be legal. I welcome and embrace all legal immigrants. So welcome fellow citizen!

[sgtbono2002]

I think some have awakened, but it hasnt dawned on the rest. When the Congressional Hispanic caucus comes to rival the congressional black caucus things will get real interesting.

[Czar]

"(The only way you might have been more accurate is to have omitted ‘accused’ and ‘probable’.)"

I was using some rare restraint.

If there's anyone around here further hard right rudder than me, it would be you.

My old boss used to say that I was somewhere to the right of Ghengis Khan. I guess there are two of us now.

[PRND21]

...but who recognizes that loyal American conservatives would then make his life even more difficult than they already have

Difficult, huh? Bush's two terms expose your false bravado.
Juan Term, indeed.

[Czar]

So, we should put you down as a LaRaza supporter, is that right?

No surprises here.

[investigateworld]

>>>most all of them are RATS, and once illegals get amnesty they will vote RAT and the political face of America will be forever changed<<<

As well as the economic face too. Oh well, it was great while it lasted :^(

[SJackson]

 

WHAT IS MEChA?

The acronym MEChA stands for "Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlan." or "Chicano Student Movement of Aztlan."

MEChA is an Hispanic separatist organization that encourages anti-American activities and civil disobedience. The radical members of MEChA who refer to themselves as "Mechistas," romanticize Mexican claims to the "lost Territories" of the Southwestern United States -- a Chicano country called Aztlan. In its national constitution, MEChA calls for self-determination by its members to liberate Aztlan. MEChA's national constitution starts out: "Chicano and Chicana students of Aztlán must take upon themselves the responsibilities to promote Chicanismo within the community, politicizing our Raza with an emphasis on indigenous consciousness to continue the struggle for the self-determination of the Chicano people for the purpose of liberating Aztlán."

These anti-American "Mechistas" live with the false illusion that they are being racially discriminated against because they are Latinos while totally dismissing the idea that maybe it is their ideology that is being discriminated against.

MEChA groups exist in public high schools, college and university campuses in all of the United States

(1) “His 'Second Chance' Shaped Villaraigosa,” by Matea Gold, May 31, 2001, Los Angeles Times

 

 

 

[PRND21]

Whatever you think, Ghengis.