Attorney General thanks La Raza militants.Alberto R. Gonzales, President Bush's newly confirmed replacement for John Ashcroft John David Ashcroft (born May 9 1942) is an American politician who was the 79th United States Attorney General. He served during the first term of President George W. Bush from 2001 until 2005. Ashcroft was previously the Governor of Missouri (1985 – 1993) and a U.S. as U.S. attorney general, was partying with some comrades on March 8. "I ... have this organization to thank for support of my nomination for attorney general," Gonzales said in his address at an awards ceremony of the National Council of La Raza The National Council of La Raza (NCLR) is the largest Hispanic advocacy organization in the United States. The NCLR was founded in 1968 as a nonpartisan nonprofit organization dedicated to reducing discrimination and poverty and to improving the lives and economic opportunities of (NCLR NCLR National Council of La Raza NCLR National Center for Lesbian Rights NCLR North Carolina Literary Review NCLR North Carolina Law Review NCLR National Conference of Law Reviews NCLR New Criminal Law Review ), a militant subversive organization with which he has been affiliated for many years. The NCLR, more commonly known as La Raza La Ra·za n. Mexicans or Mexican Americans considered as a group, sometimes extending to all Spanish-speaking people of the Americas. [American Spanish, the people.] ("The Race," meaning those of Mexican descent), credits Gonzales, a former Texas Supreme Court judge, with moving George W. Bush into the "progressive" line on key issues. "Many people were not aware of Judge Gonzales' long history with our affiliates in Texas, and moving then-Governor Bush to the right posture, from our perspective on key civil rights issues, like anti-English only requirements, like anti-immigrant ballot initiatives, bilingual education bilingual education, the sanctioned use of more than one language in U.S. education. The Bilingual Education Act (1968), combined with a Supreme Court decision (1974) mandating help for students with limited English proficiency, requires instruction in the native and affirmative action affirmative action, in the United States, programs to overcome the effects of past societal discrimination by allocating jobs and resources to members of specific groups, such as minorities and women. ." Cecilia Munoz, vice president for policy at La Raza, told The Washington Post. "Although La Raza supported Gonzales's appointment as attorney general, last night's ceremony marked a first, highly public step in the group's effort to alter its image as a left-leaning organization," the Post noted in a March 9 report on the banquet. The group does not intend to change its left-wing policies, just its left-wing image. La Raza president Janet Murguia told the Post that this perceived move to the center would "gain more access to the White House." A 1970 report compiled by the California Senate Factfinding Subcommittee on Un-American Activities California Senate Factfinding Subcommittee on Un-American Activities (SUAC) was established by the California State Senate under authority of paragraph 12.5 (13) of the Standing Rules Committee of the State Senate. disclosed that the Southwest Council of La Raza Unida (the direct ancestor of La Raza) was created in 1968 with a $630,000 Ford Foundation grant and had received a subsequent Ford grant of $1,300,000. The organization's president at the time, Maclovio Barraza, was an identified member of the Communist Party. Noted the report: "The operation of this large and well-financed private concern, with a Communist at its head, obviously exerts a powerful influence on the Mexican-American minority throughout its domain including the [paramilitary] Brown Berets." |
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