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  • Racists will love new 'Hispanic threat' book [GAG ALERT]

    03/03/2004 2:55:13 PM PST · by MegaSilver · 78 replies · 380+ views
    The Miami Herald ^ | 03 March 2004 | Andres Oppenheimer
    Racists in America must be having a field day: At long last, they have found a world-renowned intellectual -- Harvard's Academy for International and Area Studies Chairman Samuel Huntington -- to rationalize their resentment against America's rapidly growing Hispanic community. Huntington, whose 1993 book The Clash of Civilizations was later credited for having foreseen the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, says in his forthcoming book Who We Are (Simon & Schuster) that the United States is threatened with national disintegration because of the soaring rate of Hispanic immigrants. ''The single most immediate and most serious challenge to America's traditional identity...
  • Liaison pick could result in litigation [Latino parents unhappy w/ school's choice]

    06/29/2003 1:24:35 PM PDT · by FourPeas · 12 replies · 233+ views
    The Grand Rapids Press ^ | Sunday, June 29, 2003 | Kym Reinstadler
    Liaison pick could result in litigation Sunday, June 29, 2003By Kym ReinstadlerThe Grand Rapids Press FENNVILLE -- An attorney with Farmworker Legal Services said she intends to meet with her clients again Wednesday to discuss whether they want to pursue legal action against Fennville Public Schools for placing a person in charge of the migrant and bilingual department who is neither bicultural nor bilingual. Rebecca Westphal and six parents representing the Hispanic community met for two hours Tuesday night with Superintendent Mark Dobias, Board of Education President Tony Lungaro, four bilingual school employees and Alice Huyser, the district's pick to...