Oh dear. This looks to me like stirring up the hate pot. - I hope you did some research.

Oh dear. Where were you when the liberals - were stirring the

Your obsession with Mexicans is very disturbing. - sm

The left's obsession with the Tea Party... - does that disturb you?

Really? I posted twice against Mexicans? - Backwards Typist

Opps! Meant to say posting anything against Mexicans.(no msg) - Backwards Typist

Since you have a very short memory... - sm

And you are beyond ridiculous. - nm

So, how is that racist? AZ passed a law and - Backwards Typist

Thanks BWT - MTnOR

Backwards ...youtube is not fact - white girl here

Yes, I know that but it also gives me info that I cvan research if necessary (and this post is VERY - Backwards Typist

I spent the afternoon reading up on NCLA. What I was reading may shock you, maybe not, but this group are not “angels.” Their website is glowing but when you dig deeper, La Raza consists of many violent groups.

The NCLA boats of their Lideres group, MEChA  which  stands for Chicano Student Movement of Aztlan and is that “student movement, born out of the struggles of the Civil Rights Movements and reborn in today’s Immigrant Rights Movement. As students, we are committed to dedicating our resources to the needs of our Chicana & Chicano communities. We struggle to learn and learn to struggle not for individual gain but to serve our People. We are responsible to continue our rich traditions, celebrate our diverse cultures and honor our ancestors. MEChA is a community and a family with tools for liberation, justice, equality and self-determination. We are a group of conscious estudiantes reclaiming a space in education and engaging in transformational resistance. We are committed to work against all forms of oppression and work towards social justice. Our UNLV chapter is recognized and active in the Calpulli Montañas del Norte MEChA Region.”

From the Lideres website:

Our movement had its birth in the picket lines of the agriculture fields in the early 1900’s. The desire to control our own destiny and to make the educational system serve us, not exclude us, comes from the struggle of our People to achieve justicia and equality in all aspects of society. 

Earlier this year, that yearning for social justice manifested itself in the city streets and schools throughout Aztlan. It echoed in the main streets, school campuses, parks, downtowns and in countless barrios in Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Chicago, Reno, Phoenix, Denver and other cities. It reflected in the faces of the thousands of Las Vegas Youth who took a stand for their People and walked out in masses. The essence of our movement embodied in the soulful cries for justicia and in the passionate chants for equality expressed by the nearly 85,000 who marched 7-miles up the Las Vegas Strip on May Day. A movement to fight for a People twice colonized, bitterly exploited and disconnected from our raices. ¡La lucha sigue y sigue!

This group is associated with AzLan who state:

The best educational device is being in the barrio as often as possible. More often than not the members of M.E.Ch.A. will be products of the barrio; but many have lost contact with their former surroundings, and this tie must be re-established if M.E.Ch.A. is to organize and work for La Raza.

Finally, this from another website:

There are many immigrant groups joined in the overall "La Raza" movement. The most prominent and mainstream organization is the National Council de La Raza -- the Council of "The Race".

Behind the respectable front of the National Council of La Raza lies the real agenda of the La Raza movement, the agenda that led to those thousands of illegal immigrants in the streets of American cities, waving Mexican flags, brazenly defying our laws, and demanding concessions.

Key among the secondary organizations is the radical racist group Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlan, or Chicano Student Movement of Aztlan (MEChA), one of the most anti-American groups in the country, which has permeated U.S. campuses since the 1960s, and continues its push to carve a racist nation out of the American West.

One of America's greatest strengths has always been taking in immigrants from cultures around the world, and assimilating them into our country as Americans. By being citizens of the U.S. we are Americans first, and only, in our national loyalties.

This is totally opposed by MEChA for the hordes of illegal immigrants pouring across our borders, to whom they say:

"Chicano is our identity; it defines who we are as people. It rejects the notion that we...should assimilate into the Anglo-American melting pot...Aztlan was the legendary homeland of the Aztecas ... It became synonymous with the vast territories of the Southwest, brutally stolen from a Mexican people marginalized and betrayed by the hostile custodians of the Manifest Destiny." (Statement on University of Oregon MEChA Website, Jan. 3, 2006) (NOTE:  BTW, I also read up on the history of Aztlan and the Aztecas were NOT in southwestern U.S.A. They lived in southern Mexico.)

MEChA isn't at all shy about their goals, or their views of other races. Their founding principles are contained in these words in "El Plan Espiritual de Aztlan" (The Spiritual Plan for Aztlan):

"In the spirit of a new people that is conscious not only of its proud historical heritage but also of the brutal gringo invasion of our territories, we, the Chicano inhabitants and civilizers of the northern land of Aztlan from whence came our forefathers, reclaiming the land of their birth and consecrating the determination of our people of the sun, declare that the call of our blood is our power, our responsibility, and our inevitable destiny. ... Aztlan belongs to those who plant the seeds, water the fields, and gather the crops and not to the foreign Europeans. ... We are a bronze people with a bronze culture. Before the world, before all of North America, before all our brothers in the bronze continent, we are a nation, we are a union of free pueblos, we are Aztlan. For La Raza todo. Fuera de La Raza nada."

That closing two-sentence motto is chilling to everyone who values equal rights for all. It says: "For The Race everything. Outside The Race, nothing."

If these morally sickening MEChA quotes were coming from some fringe website, Americans could at least console themselves that it was just a small group of nuts behind it. Nearly every racial and ethnic group has some shady characters and positions in its past and some unbalanced individuals today claiming racial superiority and demanding separatism. But this is coming straight from the official MEChA sites at Georgetown University, the University of Texas, UCLA, University of Michigan, University of Colorado, University of Oregon, and many other colleges and universities around the country.

MEChA was in fact reported to be one of the main organizers of those street demonstrations we witnessed over the past weeks. That helps explain why those hordes of illegal immigrants weren't asking for amnesty -- they were demanding an end to U.S. law, period. Unlike past waves of immigrants who sought to become responsible members of American society, these protesters reject American society altogether, because they have been taught that America rightfully belongs to them.

MEChA and the La Raza movement teach that Colorado, California, Arizona, Texas, Utah, New Mexico, Oregon and parts of Washington State make up an area known as "Aztlan" -- a fictional ancestral homeland of the Aztecs before Europeans arrived in North America. As such, it belongs to the followers of MEChA. These are all areas America should surrender to "La Raza" once enough immigrants, legal or illegal, enter to claim a majority, as in Los Angeles. The current borders of the United States will simply be extinguished. 

This plan is what is referred to as the "Reconquista" or reconquest, of the Western U.S.

But it won't end with territorial occupation and secession. The final plan for the La Raza movement includes the ethnic cleansing of Americans of European, African, and Asian descent out of "Aztlan."

As Miguel Perez of Cal State-Northridge's MEChA chapter has been quoted as saying: "The ultimate ideology is the liberation of Aztlan. Communism would be closest [to it]. Once Aztlan is established, ethnic cleansing would commence: Non-Chicanos would have to be expelled -- opposition groups would be quashed because you have to keep power."

Is the National Council of La Raza itself a racist organization? Regardless of the organization's suspect ties, the majority of its members are not. When one examines all the organization's activities, they are commendable non-profit projects, such as education and housing programs.

But even these defensible efforts raise the question of whether education and housing programs funded with federal tax dollars should be used in programs specifically targeted to benefit just one ethnic group.

La Raza defenders usually respond by calling anyone making these allegations "a racist" for having called attention to La Raza's racist links. All the groups and public officials with ties to the La Raza movement can take a big step towards disproving these allegations by simply following the examples of Senators Byrd and Thurmond and repenting of their past ways.

If they are unwilling to admit past misdeeds, they can at least state -- unequivocally -- that they officially oppose the racist and anti-American positions of MEChA, and any other groups that espouse similar views.

Through public appearances, written statements, and on their respective websites, La Raza groups and allies must:

1. Denounce the motto "For La Raza todo. Fuera de La Raza nada," as repugnant, racist, and totally incompatible with American society or citizenship.

2. Acknowledge the right of all Americans to live wherever they choose in the U.S. without segregation.

3. Commit to sponsorship of nationwide educational programs to combat racism and anti-Semitism in the Hispanic community.

4. Denounce and sever all ties with MEChA and any other organizations with which they have ever been associated which held to the racist doctrines held by MEChA.

5. Acknowledge the internationally recognized borders of the U.S., the right of the citizens of the U.S. to determine immigration policy through the democratic process, and the right of the U.S. to undertake any and all necessary steps to effectively enforce immigration law and defend its border against unauthorized entry.

6. Repudiate all claims that current American territory rightfully belongs to Mexico.

If the National Council of La Raza, other La Raza groups, and local and national political leaders with past ties and associations with the radical elements of the La Raza movement can publicly issue such a statement and live by every one of these principles, they should be welcomed into the American public policy arena, with past sins -- real or imaginary -- forgiven.

If they cannot publicly and fully support these principles, Congress needs to take appropriate steps and immediately bar any group refusing to comply from receiving any future federal funds. Both the House and Senate should strike these groups from testifying before any committees, and the White House should sever all ties. Both political parties should disengage from any further contact with these groups and individuals.

There are plenty of decent, patriotic Hispanic organizations and elected officials to provide Congress with necessary feedback on specific issues confronting Americans of Latino heritage. Any group or individual who can agree with the simple six points should be welcomed into that fold.

If not, the American people will know there's a wolf in their midst, and take the necessary precautions to defend our Republic against an enemy. 

your "research" is wanting - sm

But if you post something without reference, it's research. I get it now. - Backwards Typist

I posted my references - ? nm

Oh yeah...I am sure they are going to say - "yes, we are a racist