ADL: Racist groups in the U.S. using debate to target Hispanics

[Behind the Aegis]

A leading Jewish civil rights organization is warning that white supremacists are using the heated public debate over immigration reform to target Hispanic immigrants and to foment anti-Latino violence.

Last week, in conjunction with its annual national leadership conference in Washington, the Anti-Defamation League issued a report documenting an increase in anti-Latino rhetoric on the Internet and in radio talk shows, and an increase in anti-Latino violence. In particular, the short study claims that neo-Nazis, Klansmen and skinheads - the same white supremacist groups that typically target Jews - are increasingly directing their hateful rhetoric and actions against Hispanics.

Last Monday, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger said that prominent Hispanic politicians, including his lieutenant governor and the mayor of Los Angeles, had recently received death threats amid the heated national debate over immigration policy.

The ADL study provides several recent examples of anti-Latino rhetoric and violence, but not concrete statistics on the number of incidents. For example, it notes that New Jersey talk show host Hal Turner has called repeatedly for the killing of illegal aliens and of those who advocate on their behalf.


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[RagingInMiami]

1. Just remember

For every action there is a reaction.

[Behind the Aegis]

2. That is one of the points the ADL makes. n/t

[expatriot]

3. isn't that what neo-nazi extremists count on?

a continual upping of the ante in a descending spiral of violence to the goal... their proverbial "race war"

[DaveColorado]

4. When the Republicons

started pushing 187 in California, that's when they started losing in California.

Bush won several Southwestern states with the help of Latino votes.

[expatriot]

5. oh... I thought what you meant was fight fire with fire...

like violent reaction to their violent actions... you were just talking about political blowback.