I’m no fan of the NCLR and disagree with many of it’s policies, but how exactly are they different than say the NAACP?
The author makes this statement;
“NCLR also has ties to Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlan, or Chicano Student Movement of Aztlan (MEChA), a radical, nationalist group that Michelle Malkin describes as “a racist, anti-American separatist hate group, and actually shares much in common with such groups as Aryan Nations, and the White Aryan Resistance, another California-based organization.”
Note the use of the term Aztlan in the title of the group. Aztlan is “the legendary ancestral home of the Nahua peoples, one of the main cultural groups in Mesoamerica. ‘Azteca’ is the Nahuatl word for “people from Aztlan.” A MEChA document says “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.”
Then he goes on for half the article about MeCHa...but he never tells us exactly how or where the NCLr has “ties” to MeCHA. I looked for them and all I could find was one small payment to help support a hispanic conference that MeCHA attended back in 2003. Sine then nothing. On their website the NCLE disavows anything having to do with the Aztlan movement, calling it ridiculous.
Now, that may not be true, it could be a smokescreen, but someone needs to do some research and show us some facts before they make an accusation like that an then disappear.
I don’t like that McCain is cozing up to these people, I disagree with much of what they promote, but I don’t see much difference between McCain reaching out to the NAACP or an Asian-American group than with the NCLR.
As far as race specific groups go, they are pretty mainstream (for lefties) and no where near as militant as others like MeCHA or La Raza Unida.
http://michellemalkin.com/2008/02/04/john-mccain-la-razas-voice-in-washington/
You don’t have a problem with a group calling itself `The Race’ that is also quick to call anyone outside their group “racists” . . . gee, I don’t know what to say Bob.
Hi Bob !
They are pretty milquetoast as these things go, its just that “La raza” thing, plus the MeCha links, which do exist among the people involved, a lot of these were members in college, albeit these are old associations.
Its really just a Mexican-American organization, not “Hispanic”. Now, there are more Mexican-rooted “hispanics” than any other kind, but still.
“La raza” as a term and a concept has some pretty stinky roots in Mexican proto-fascism, predating all the ancestors of NCLR. It really is the sort of thing that would be embarassing in a “white” organization.