Thank you Dorinda: It is reassuring to see that NCLR is launching this campaign against "HATE SPEECH" Although we must be vigilant to protect the 1st amendment right, we must realize that yelling "FIRE" in an enclosed gathering leads to catastrophic consequences. Similarly, These "HATE MONGERS" from the news media are not as naive to NOT know that they are INSTIGATING HATE against immigrants. Their VENOM is targeted specifically for our Latino communities and they know it!!! Fortunately, people of good will are already beginning to see through their "smoke and mirrors", their deceitful rhetoric and their hate campaigns. Enough of this modern day MCCARTHYISM against immigrant workers and their families.
Fraternalmente, Rosendo Delgado "We will have to repent in this generation not merely for the hateful words and actions of the bad people but for the appalling silence of the good people" Martin Luther King Jr. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of dorinda moreno Sent: Tuesday, August 26, 2008 9:36 AM To: concerned migrants; Local/National/Global; National Alliance Immigration Rights Coordinating Committee; Immigrant Solidarity Network; Consejo nacional de comunicadores; Tommie Camarillo; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [NAIR_CC:3236] Major Hispanic Group Launches ' Hate Speach' Campaign Source : Concerned Migrants Group(C-M-G)Worldwide Send by: Abdul-ganiu.O.Cole Global Cordinator(C-M-G)Worldwide Please forward far and wide. Major Hispanic Group Launches ' Hate Speach' Campaign. The country's leading Hispanic civil rights and advocacy organization is set to begin a campaign targeting several newscasters and presidential candidates for what it deems "rhetoric that demonizes immigrants and Hispanic Americans." The National Council of La Raza, which includes nearly 300 affiliated organizations, will launch a new initiative on Thursday titled "We Can Stop The Hate," aimed at curtailing the influence of CNN's Lou Dobbs and Glenn Beck as well as MSNBC political commentator Pat Buchanan. In addition, the organization is petitioning for Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee to renounce the endorsement of Jim Gilchrist, a cofounder of the Minuteman Project, an anti-immigration group. "There's a bully in the room," said Janet Murguía, NCLR President and CE, "and each of these candidates has a choice. They can stand up to the bully or they can cater to him. It is a question of courage or cowardice. To date, we have seen far too little courage." The NCLR campaign, which will likely last through the presidential election, will catalogue the use of code words that paint immigrants as threats. The website accompanying the launch will included fact sheets and video samples documenting examples of inflammatory immigration-policy rhetoric. The organization has requested a meeting with senior executives at CNN, Fox, and MSNBC, to discuss the philosophical viewpoints of their respective anchors and commentators. The ultimate goal of the campaign, officials say, will be to stem the "surge in hate speech and violence" that has emerged in the immigration debate. "The immigration issue deserves serious debate and serious solutions," said Murguía. "We cannot have that debate as long as hate has the floor." --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Internet group address: http://groups.google.com/group/ChicagoMayDay To send e-mail: [email protected] To unsuscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
