Exposing racists.Sam Antonio has provided a great patriotic service by his coverage of the annual conference of the group 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 (The Race). In his article "'The Race' to Win America" (August 7 issue), he cites the usual hypocrites, opportunists, and power brokers who spoke glowingly of the racist 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 : men like Karl Rove  The external links in this article or section may require cleanup to comply with Wikipedia's content policies. , Bill Clinton, and New Mexico New Mexico, state in the SW United States. At its northwestern corner are the so-called Four Corners, where Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, and Utah meet at right angles; New Mexico is also bordered by Oklahoma (NE), Texas (E, S), and Mexico (S). governor William Richardson. But the most brazen speaker at the conference was U.S. Senator Samuel Brownback, a Republican from Kansas. Brownback has been one of the most incorrigible in·cor·ri·gi·ble adj. 1. Incapable of being corrected or reformed: an incorrigible criminal. 2. Firmly rooted; ineradicable: incorrigible faults. 3. , arrogant, obdurate, and aggressive opponents of sensible immigration reform ever since he first set foot inside the Senate building. He's obviously going to run for the Republican presidential nomination in 2008, and he's pandering to a radical bunch of militant racists, thinking that most Latinos will vote for him if he promises to give La Raza and their supporters whatever they want, regardless of its harm to America. Would he dare attend a conference of a white group that called itself "The Race"? No, but a racist conference of Latinos is fine with him and the major leaders of today's corrupt Republican and Democratic Parties--and with the TV news and newspapers. America is in very dangerous times largely due to these turncoats. Sam Antonio illustrates quite well and quite frighteningly the real war our nation is in: one which isn't in Iraq or Afghanistan, but one fight here on our soil. KENNETH REYNOLDS Bronx, New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of |
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