Danzas Indigenas--S CA Racial Strife
The tensions are rising in S. California over the issue of illegal immigration. Witness the Minuteman Project and other like operations that are springing up. But it is not all one-sided. There is a battle going on in Baldwin Park over a monument entitled Danzas Indigenas by artist Gloria Anzaldua. The monument is situated on City of Baldwin Park property and some people claim that the words on the monument are racist: “This land was Mexican once, was Indian always and is, and will be again.”
Save Our State, the group in opposition to the monument, posted a video of a demonstration May 14, 2005 that got a little heated. The Baldwin Police are in riot gear and someone on the proponent side stomped on an American flag. Another video on the site shows a Hispanic woman telling people to go back to Europe.
It’s liable to get nasty as the summer heats up.
Save Our State, the group in opposition to the monument, posted a video of a demonstration May 14, 2005 that got a little heated. The Baldwin Police are in riot gear and someone on the proponent side stomped on an American flag. Another video on the site shows a Hispanic woman telling people to go back to Europe.
It’s liable to get nasty as the summer heats up.
posted by Paul Coambs | 9:33 PM
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