Decrying the surge in hate speech and violence that has surrounded the immigration debate, the National Council of La Raza (NCLR), launched a campaign to end hate speech in the immigration debate and called on presidential candidates and news media networks to divorce themselves from known hate and vigilante groups and to end rhetoric that demonizes immigrants and Hispanic Americans.
"The immigration issue deserves serious debate and serious solutions,” said Janet Murguía, NCLR President and CEO. “We cannot have that debate as long as hate has the floor."
Relying heavily on documentation provided by the Southern Poverty Law Center and the Anti-Defamation League, Murguía catalogued the rise in the use of code words that label immigrants and Latinos as a threat to the American way of life. She articulated four categories of code words, rhetoric that:
- Refers to immigrants as “an army of invaders” or an “invading force”
- Associates immigrants with animals and refers to them as “a massive horde” or “swarm”
- Accuses immigrants of “bringing crime and disease” to America, including “leprosy, tuberculosis, and malaria” and “gang warfare”
- Purveys the conspiracy theory of “reconquista” or “Atzlán” – the taking back of lands in the southwestern United States for Mexico
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( 31 Jan 2008 )Decrying the surge in hate speech and violence that has surrounded the immigration debate, the National Council of La Raza (NCLR), the largest national Hispanic civil rights and advocacy organization in the U.S., launched a campaign today to end hate speech in the immigration debate and called on presidential candidates and news media networks to divorce themselves from known hate and vigilante groups and to end rhetoric that demonizes immigrants and Hispanic Americans.
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( 31 Jan 2008 )En respuesta al auge en palabras incitadas por el odio y la violencia en relación al debate migratorio, el Consejo Nacional de La Raza (NCLR, por sus siglas en inglés) — la organización nacional más grande de apoyo y defensa de derechos civiles de hispanos en Estados Unidos— lanzó una campaña para erradicar el odio e hizo un llamado a los candidatos presidenciales y las estaciones de radio y televisión para que se distancien de los grupos extremistas y para que dejen de patrocinar la retórica de odio y desprecio hacia los inmigrantes y latinos en los medios de comunicación.
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( 25 Jan 2008 )On Thursday, January 31 at 9:30 a.m., the National Council of La Raza (NCLR) will hold a press conference at the National Press Club to discuss a documented surge in hate speech and violence that surrounds the immigration debate.
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( 21 Jan 2008 )Calling herself “a child of Dr. King’s hope,” the first Hispanic to give the keynote speech at Birmingham’s Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Unity Breakfast drew upon the common history, struggle, and dreams of the African American and Latino communities to attack hate in the American political debate.
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( 21 Jan 2008 )Refiriéndose a si misma como "una niña que creció bajo la esperanza del Dr. King", la primera figura hispana en dar el discurso principal para el Desayuno para la Unidad en Honor al Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. en Birmingham, resaltó como la historia, la lucha y los sueños comunes de las comunidades afro americana y latina son armas para combatir el odio que actualmente se manifiesta en los debates políticos estadounidenses.
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( 16 Jan 2008 )Janet Murguía, President and CEO of the National Council of La Raza (NCLR), will be the first Latina keynote speaker for Birmingham, Alabama’s largest Martin Luther King, Jr. Day event – the 22nd annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Unity Breakfast.
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