Jul 19 2006
The Need for Black-Latino Alliance
GUEST: Dr. Kevin R. Johnson, associate dean for academic affairs and Mabie-Apallas Public interest Professor of Law and Chicana/o Studies at UC Davis
When the Minuteman Project set off for its 12 city national tour last May, they consciously included stops in predominately Black neighborhoods. Locally, listeners might recall when Black republican Ted Hayes and members of the Minuteman Project gathered together at Leimert Park in South Los Angeles for an anti-immigration rally. It was there that Minuteman co-founder James Gilchrist actively courted members of the black community to his anti-immigration cause by stating, “If we are going to be giving preference to anybody…preference should go to the American-African community that has suffered more than anybody.†The small crowd of Minuteman supporters at the rally was outnumbered by a spontaneous counter-demonstration of African Americans and Latinos calling for black and brown unity.
6 Responses to “The Need for Black-Latino Alliance”
DAtz right ma niggas unite as one!
i am from barbados and my grandma is from panama thats on my mother side my dad is half irish,but i still consides myself black because of my skin color knowing your heritage is a key toward not being a racist
I think that its nice that latinos and blacks are uniting cause that’s what we need.
In Europe Blacks and Arabs are united as well.
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