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  • OAKLAND: A call for unity after racist incident at inauguration

    01/12/2007 9:38:35 AM PST · by SmithL · 30 replies · 1,243+ views
    San Francisco Chronicle ^ | 1/12/7 | Christopher Heredia
    Dellums' swearing-in tainted by crowd mocking De La Fuente - The racism-tinged disruption of Oakland Mayor Ron Dellums' inauguration on Monday continued to have an impact in Oakland on Thursday as Asian American and Latino community leaders held a news conference to call for racial unity. But the racial divide to be bridged remained apparent. The news conference had no members of the African American community who had called at the inauguration for City Council President Ignacio De La Fuente, a Latino, to step down. After those calls were not heeded and De La Fuente was re-elected in a special...