Lisa Navarrete
Posted on 03/28/2012 5:49:25 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY
(CNN) -- The National Council of La Raza responded to accusations on Wednesday by critics such as conservative commentator Rush Limbaugh that the civil rights organization has not been vocal enough during the Trayvon Martin controversy.
"We really regret people trying to use this to divide blacks and Latinos," said Lisa Navarrete, a spokeswoman for La Raza. "It's disturbing to us that Rush Limbaugh has this theory. The only time he apparently cares about what happens to a Latino is when they may have happened to kill a young African-American man."
In response to a caller on his radio program on Tuesday, Limbaugh suggested La Raza, the largest national Latino civil rights and advocacy organization in the United States, has not stood behind Zimmerman after it was publicized that he identified himself as Hispanic.
"You know, that's an interesting point," Limbaugh said in response to his caller. "You're right. I haven't heard a word from La Raza about this."
Limbaugh went on to criticize the group's president, Janet Murguia, for not referencing Zimmerman as Hispanic in her sole commentary on the Trayvon Martin incident, which was released on March 22.
"The fact that George Zimmerman is Latino is irrelevant to his actions," Navarette, who is an adviser to Murguia, said in response to the criticism. "Personally that's the media's fault. Everything has to fit into a narrative and a paradigm. Initially it was a white guy who shot a black kid. Now they've split the difference," she said.
"Unfortunately, being Hispanic does not mean that you aren't capable of bigotry or discrimination," Navarette said of Zimmerman's ethnicity. "It does not condone or preclude him from having acted in a discriminatory manner."
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La Raza Hates Hispanic Democrats!
Any organization that calls itself “The Race” is racist on its face, which makes sense because it started as a prison gang.
"The only time he apparently cares about what happens to a Latino is when..."
Wow, Bill Clinton sent them a joke- an old joke.
Thus says the leader of a group called "The Race".
Have you noticed how they evade black on Latino crime, yet pretend to represent Latinos?
“I think La Raza is full of guano. (Rick Perry does not, but that is beside the point. He is an also ran at this point).”
What the hell does Perry have to do with anything? Any particular reason you brought that up? Rather sophomoric and childish to do so, IMHO.
No, I hadn’t noticed it, but that would be because the most reportable type of crime is non-black on black.
They have to choose between a Hispanic man and a black kid.
Lisa Navarrete
Zimmerman is Puerto Rican, and la raza prolly couldn't care less...
From January 12, 2012:
20 Year La Raza leader named to top White House job
Snip: WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Obama today appointed a former nonprofit leader, Cecilia Muñoz, to be his director of the Domestic Policy Council. Ms. Muñoz is an immigration expert who worked for 20 years at the National Council of La Raza, a Latino advocacy group, most recently as senior vice president of research, advocacy & legislation.
Looks like she wants people to think she’s a guy pretending to be a gal or the other way around.
A picture is worth a thousand words....
Any excuse to go after Rush.
It was a caller to his show that brought up this issue, not him. He just repeated the question “Where’s La Raza?”
I’m sure Eva Longoria will be doing an infomercial on this any day now.
Looks like Rachel Maddow has a white-Hispanic half sibling.
OK, now. Which is it? First I read that Z. was Peruvian. Then I read yesterday that he was something else I couldn’t believe. Now, he’s Puerto Rican? He doesn’t look to be either one. He looks Mexican. (But looks can be deceiving.)
I’m sorry, but for some reason I started laughing when I saw that photo.
Love the teal eye makeup.
George Zimmerman, meet Bottom Of Bus.
Janet Murguia served as deputy campaign manager and director of constituency outreach for the Al Gore presidential campaign, 2000
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