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“Nuestra Voz Our History, Our Life Our Future” A Raza Publication August 2017/Volume 3 Issue 45
16 DE
Remembering A
Chicano Martyr
SEPTIEMBRE
Ain't Afraid of No
Ghost
Cowboys 2017
Preview
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Letter from the editor – Democracy can be messy
Page 2: Letter from Editor
We see that the city council is stuck on its 5 to 4 vote to not join the fight agains t
Page 3: Celebrating Hispanic Heritage
SB4. Democracy works that way. Democracy is also replacing those that fail to represent
Month
their constituents. That is the way the cookie crumbles. Enough has been said about SB4.
Page 4: Alamo Fact or Fiction, No SB4
We must move on. The job now is register people to vote and getting them to vote. T his is
Page 5: Francisco Hispanic Heritage
one time that we Latinos/Mexican Americans must stand in solidarity. This bigoted law is
Article not against SOME Mexicans it is against ALL Mexicans and anyone that looks Mexican.
Page 6: Grand Prairie Trustees, This law has nothing to do with security or safety. What this law will do, and has already
Page 7: Fiesta Time in Irving, Leti Bio done, it separates families. It separates children from the parents. It is a cruel joke to play on
and Pic a child. If there is an immigration problem it is because Congress has abrogated its legisla-
tive responsibilities and given the president enormous power in enforcing immigration. Not
Page 8: 2017 Cowboy Season Preview
Democrats nor Republicans have been able to fix our broken immigration problem because
Page 9: Remembering A Martyr
the party out of power has filibuster power to prevent any progress.
Page 10: I Aint’ Afraid of No Ghost,
You saw in the Trumpcare, neither house could come up with a workable solution to
Arlington City Leaders Numb on SB4
the Affordable Care Act. Therefore, thousands if not millions of Americans struggle find-
Page 11: Espanol/ El Espirto, El Alamo
ing affording health insurance. We have problems in America. You have a president that is
Page 12: Espanol/ No al SB4 ahora que? erratic. It is no longer good to vote Republican just because you are a Republican. It is time
Page 13: A Country of Laws, The Spirit to put person over party. The same applies to Democrats, if they are not representing your
has to be round views it is time to vote them out of office.
Page 14: 16 de Septiembre Some locals have joined the fight against removing confederate statutes. The argu-
ment always gets down to removing Thomas Jefferson and other Revolutionary War heroes.
Page 15: Goat milk v/s cow milk.
There is no moral equivalency between Thomas Jefferson and Jefferson Davis. The Civil
War is an isolated chapter in American history where the objective was the continued subju-
gation of a people. You can look at American history and it is filled atrocities and genocide.
You can look at World History and find the same thing. Here is a simple lesson on the Civi l
War, the cause was slavery. Most confederate monuments were built to intimidateA frican
Americans. They perpetuate Southern White Supremacy. Their aesthetic properties do not
diminish the hate that they represent. Summarizing the simple lesson in history, slaves were
the cause for the civil war, confederate monuments symbolize Southern White Supremacy.
Everything else is hogwash.
When the Socialists took over Spain one of their first priorities was to remove al l
things that represented Franco and Fascism. Streets in Madrid like El Generalisimo convert-
ed to its origin al name La Castellana and JoseA ntonio to La Gran Villa. As much as they
tried there is a neighborhood in Madrid where all the streets are named after Franco gene-r
als. You can make the same assumption that to remove all confederate statutes would take a
lifetime, maybe. When you visit Millsap, population less than 500, you will find confederate
statutes there. Millsap was founded after the Civil War. To minimize the possibility of vio-
lence, communities should decide when they want to bring the statutes down and put them in
some museum. But eventually, they should all be removed. They represent an ugly period of
American history. Just like you remove a tumor you remove those objects that hurtA merican
democracy.
We need to speak to our fellow cousins in the surrounding rural counties that you
need to join our cause also. Our struggle is your struggle. Y our struggle is our struggle.
There are many of you that work in the metroplex but live in the small surrounding towns .
Some of you drive long distances to earn your bread. Obviously, the job opportunities and
wages are better here. You cannot believe Patrick when he condemns the large cities. It is
in large metropolitan areas where the economy thrives. You can’t just walk in here and take
the money and run. You may not be able to vote here but where you vote, you need to vote to
make the metroplex economically stronger. You don’t that by voting for whacko politicians.
As I was writing this I learned Trump has pardoned Sheriff Joe Arpaio who was con-
victed of disobeying a judge’s order. So much for the rule of law. W ith the pardon, he makes
a mockery of justice. Arpaio is just as a thug as any Mexican Trump has mentioned.
We must register people to vote and we need to motivate them to vote now. W e can-
not wait. This is a struggle to maintain our American democracy. The Marine Corps have a
saying, “To forgive is divine, to forget is not Marine Corps policy.” In the months ahead, we
have to register people to vote and then we must get them out to the voting place .
Locally, we have a LULAC District 21 that has been dormant and non-functional for
years. LULAC is the most influential Latino organization in America. It is time for those
that represent the district to show their mettle or get out of the way and give someone else a
chance. We need leaders in Tarrant County.
“To forgive is divine, to forget is not Marine Corps policy.”
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Join Us in Celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month in North Texas
LULAC Council 4568 is Celebrating 22 years of service
in Tarrant County!
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No SB4
The Alamo, Fact or Fiction;
and what else
Santa Anna’s
SB4 is not the only issue that affects the Latino comm-u
nity in Fort Worth and Tarrant County. It is just one of several .
A lot of smoke has been blown over SB4. It is just that smok e .
A more accurate description than “Show me your papers” i s Leg
“Anti Mexican Law”. I recall an incident I had regarding som-e
thing that I knew was false. A fter I found out what had really
happened the person that was listening to me gently told me ,
By Jaime Bueno
“Don’t confuse me with the facts!” Such is the case with SB4 ,
The Anglo population came to
those that want the law, have justified in their mind the need fo r
the law and facts don’t matter. W e live in a world of percep- New Spain in the early 19th Century for
tions. And lies. freedom and land. The had to swear alle-
This is the way the SB4 works, if a person is going t o giance to the Spanish king and convert to
be deported, the person is picked up detained and the deported . Catholicism.
If this person has children born inA merica the children cannot
Some of them brought with them
be deported. The children are left with one parent or no pa-r African slaves. Some of them acquired Corpus Christi. Some say Santa Anna
ent. See, the law does not have a heart.A nd please, let us not
slaves from the Caribbean Islands. was forced to sign the document. That
talk about technicalities, because that would be a never-ending
The people of Mexico rebelled and set up evidence is hard to refute.
discussion.
their own government in 1821. Mexico After a war with Mexico, the
Along with the issue of SB4 we also have documente d
and undocumented children that cannot get medical care b-e at first allow Anglos to settle in Texas United States paid Mexico $10 mil-
cause of the lack of parental documentation. I have heard a lo t and bring with them slaves. Howev- lion in gold for all the lands to the Rio
of malarkey regarding undocumented not paying taxes, being er, slavery was an issue with Mexicans Grande and west to the Pacific. It was
on welfare, blah, blah, blah. Undocumented people pay all th e from the beginning. By 1827, a census a land grab.During the war, the U.S.
taxes that you and I pay.T he difference is that those using fake showed there were 443 people of African Army found a wooden leg left of Gen -
id cards will never recoup what they put into Medicare or Socia l descent. In 1826, Mexico combined the eral Santa Anna near Vera Cruz. Today,
Security. The money they pay goes into this bottomless pit t o
state of Coahuila with Texas to form the that leg sits in a roadside museum in
be used for such project asT rinity River Vision.
state of Coahuila y Tejas. In the 1827, Illinois. It was a war trophy.
Denying medical care to children who were brought by
legislature of Coahuila y Tejas outlawed
their parents when they were still babies is morally and ethicall y Since we know that slavery was
wrong. Christian conservatives that claim that God approves o f slavery.
both illegal and immoral, why don’t
their hypocritical position leave a lot to be desired.T hese are That was the beginning of strife
American think about it and show their
the values that they pass on to their children.T his is how KKK, between people of Texas and Mexico.
appreciation by returning Santa An-
Neo-Nazi and White Supremacists/Nationalists develop. Don’t let the Hollywood movies tell you
na’s leg? Mexico has asked for it to
Once again, we celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month .
otherwise. The big issue was slavery.
be returned. Incidentally, Santa Ana
The term Hispanic was born during my generation by peopl e
William Barret Travis made his reputa-
that were ashamed of being called the Mexican racial epithet s is considered a national hero. He was
tion defending slave owners in Texas.
of the day. It was the successful and educated MexicanA mer- an army officer and twice president of
Hollywood’s superhero, James “Jim”
icans that immediately embraced the term to conceal the fac t Mexico. Forget Hollywood! There was
Bowie acquired his wealth smuggling
that they were of Mexican descent. T hose that embraced the nothing illegal about what he did. The
term Hispanic, robbed us of our identity. W e must get it back. slaves out of the Caribbean into Lou -
Anglos were on the illegal and immoral
It is okay to say; “I am MexicanA merican.” Over 70% of us isiana. He was almost caught, but he
side. So, come on, send the leg back to
are of Mexican descent. New immigrants within one or tw o escaped by moving into Texas.
Mexico.
generations will meld into, MexicanA merican, White, Black, or The Anglo Texans were not hap-
This bring up the current contro-
Asian. But, their ethnicity will disappear .
py. It began with small skirmishes and
versy of whether to continue to tolerate
I experienced the civil rights era. It is a time period tha t
finally all-out war in 1836.The Mexi-
I would wish on no one. T hings are still not copasetic but they the statues of Texans who supported
can President Santa Anna was captured
are a lot better than what they were.T he danger now is that we slavery. Slavery was wrong! They
near Houston. As a captive, he signed a
are regressing. The person that sits in theW hite House has little fought to preserve something that was
treaty with the Texans to give them all
regard for the contributions that minorities have made toward s patently wrong. The statutes and monu-
making America great. In this, we minorities and moderate the land to the Rio Grande.Mind you,
ments should be peacefully removed.
Whites can unite to overcome the evil that Trump casts upon the original southern boundary of Texas
this nation. An African American saying is appropriate,W e of the Nueces River which just north of
Shall Overcome.
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Hispanic Heritage Month: Celebrating Ignorance
or Culture?
Why was the word “Hispan- Spain considers himself a Spaniard, “Hispanic,” because it’s not reality.
By Franco
ic” preferred over the word “Lati- and not everyone speaks Spanish Why does the average Span-
Gore Vidal once said that
no”? Supposedly the term “Latino” as their mother tongue, for exam- ish-surnamed American call him-
“American’s lack of education is
was too broad and included Medi- ple the Basque and Catalans. The self Hispanic? Basically, for two
the joke of the world.” When you
terranean peoples from places like forefathers of Basque-Americans reasons: First reason is due to the
look into the origin and use of the
Portugal, and Italy. Well aren’t the came from Spain, but I would not ignorance and laughable education
term “Hispanic,” you might agree
Spanish also a Mediterranean na- risk calling them Spanish-Ameri- that Gore Vidal referred to, people
with Gore Vidal. Supposedly the
tion, Portugal was a part of Spain at cans. They are Basque-Americans. just repeat what they hear on televi-
word “Hispanic” was coined by
one time, and Spain was a part of It- What about the Native-Americans sion or school, without questioning
Grace Flores Hughes, a food-stamp
aly during Roman times. Also Span- in the southwest who have Span- anything; Second reason is sadly
worker back in the 1970s who er-
iards are not a significant population ish surnames, are they “Hispanic,” due to shame. Many of these people
roneously believed that everyone
in the United States, the majority of are they Spanish-Americans? How have a traumatic history in the USA,
that has a Spanish surname is of
Spanish surnamed peoples are ac- about the Filipino-Americans or the they or their parents were shamed
Spanish descent. She also erro-
tually Mexican-Americans, Ameri- people of Guam who have Spanish for being of a specific race or cul-
neously believed that South Tex-
cans of Mexican descent. surnames, are they Spanish-Ameri- ture. Some Mexican-Americans
ans were Spanish. The last time
The term “Hispania” was cans. Are they Asians or Hispanics? are ashamed of their Mexican her-
I checked the vast majority of the
used by the Phoenicians and later You can’t blame a food- itage and prefer to call themselves
Spanish-surnamed South-Tex-
by the Romans to refer to the Ibe- stamp worker with a limited edu- “Hispanic” to hide their Mexican
ans were of Mexican descent.
rian Peninsula. Yet not everyone in cation for abusing words to label roots. In the past many performers
people with a broad brush, she did and people changed their Span-
the best with the poor education she ish-surnames so that they sounded
received. The federal government less Spanish, because in the USA,
census actually started using the Spanish surnames were associat-
term “Hispanic” in 1980. Yet if we ed with the Mexican culture. Now
are to celebrate a Heritage month with the use of the label “Hispan-
we need to be specific about what ic” many people can conceal their
heritage we are celebrating, “His- cultural roots and heritage without
panic” is a vague term and too mis- having to change their names. This
leading. For example, “Hispanics” begs the question, if many people
didn’t create Mexican food, it was use the word Hispanic to conceal
the Mexican culture that created the emotional shame they feel when
that food, and 90% percent of that reminded of their roots and culture,
food is a heritage of Native-Amer- why are they celebrating “Hispanic”
ican cultures, tortillas, tamales, heritage month to begin with. Is this
and most Mexican food originates a celebration of ignorance or cul-
in Native-America. The Mariachi ture? Isn’t it preferable to celebrate
wasn’t created by “Hispanics,” it Mexican Culture, just like the Irish,
was purely the Mexican genius Italians, and German Americans,
that created this music. The Puer- celebrate their heritage? What’s
to-Rican culture, the Cuban Cul- wrong with celebrating Boricua
ture, the Cultures of Central and culture just like Polish-Americans
South America, they all have their celebrate their culture? Why hide
unique heritages. They cannot all behind the nonsense label “Hispan-
be lumped in together and called ic?”
Nuestra Voz De North Texas 6
Grand Prairie ISD: Leadership by example
With all this talk of redistricting and gerryman-
dering you would think that the only way that a Latino
can get elected to any political office is to wait for the
legislature to redraw districts so that somehow a Latino
can get elected. Such a process can take generations as
we are witnessing right now. Gloria Carrillo and Da-
vid Espinosa are not waiting. They have successfully
bucked the odds and gotten elected to the Grand Prairie
ISD Board of Education. They are two of seven board
members that are Latino. The other board members are
White. The Majority of the district is 65.3% Latino,
11.9% White, and 17.5% African American.
H-E-B named Grand Prairie ISD as the 2017
Large School District Excellence in Education Award.
GPISD has a school of choice program whereby stu-
dents can choose their career field and receive special-
ized instruction in that program. Students also have a
variety of careers programs to choose from. They are
provided the tools for success. Mr. Espinosa is very
much concerned about bullying, cyber and physical
They both want a quality education for our
children. To achieve that challenge administrators and
teachers must be able to reach Latino children. It is in
the hiring that teacher and administrators start the con-
nection with students and parents. Mr. Espinosa’s name
goes on the employment contract so he can review the
quality of the personnel hired.
David Espinosa is intimately knowledgeable of
Grand Prairie ISD, he is a graduate of Grand Prairie HS
and UT Arlington. Originally from Lubbock, Gloria
Carrillo graduated from Fox Tech in San Antonio ISD
and has her Bachelor’s and Master’s from Dallas BU.
Mr. Espinosa is elected from a single-member district
and Ms. Carrillo is at-large district. Having two Latino
members of the board means that if one makes a motion
on an issue the other one can second the motion and the
board must act on the issue.
It is in voting that Mr. Espinosa sets the leader-
ship example. He knocks on doors, registers people to
vote and follows up after election to keep voters moti-
vated. He describes the word “vendido” as elected of-
ficials that disregard their constituents and constituents
refer to such officials as “vendidos”, they forgot their
voters. Ms. Carrillo is just as involved.
David Espinosa and Gloria Carrillo set an exam-
ple worth emulating. When we get elected to office we
will have political power. We cannot wait for gerryman-
dering to seek elected office. We must do it now.
Felix Alvarado
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Fiesta Time in Irving
Fiesta Diez y Seis at the
Leti De La Vega
TMM - FREE ADMISSION - Our
2nd Tejano Heritage Festival, like
the first in May, presents a weekend
Teresa Leticia “Leti” De La Vega a singer/songwriter, historian/author, and artist was born in
celebration featuring Tejano, Mariachi
Harlingen, Texas in October 1953. She spent her first few years in Mexico at Rancho Viejo. Her family
and Mexican music, folkloric dance
members had a band that played at all of the barn dances which always ended with her uncle doing
and lots more at the Texas Musicians a Mexican hat dance. When she started school, her family moved to Diamond Hill in Fort Worth. Her
Museum Pavilion in Irving, Texas. A parents would sing duets to all of their children every night. In 1966, her family moved to Irving being
Tejano heritage and historical expo the second Hispanic family there. This is where her siblings began playing in various bands. Leti was
a “go-go” girl in her brother Richard’s band. He got her interested in performing songs. Her brother
is scheduled same day in the TMM
Leo gave her singing lessons. She moved to Austin in 1983 and has been very involved with the local
Lobby. The outdoor festival features
music scene. She hosted many songwriter circles at her various homes over the years with singer/
tasty American and Mexican food, a songwriters Chuck Hammerick, Rich Minus, Spencer Perskin, Richard Dobson and many more. She
children’s area with clowns, puppet has put on a Women’s Music Showcase at the Chicago House. She has performed with many artists
shows and activities, sponsor and including Jubal Clark, Blaze Foley, Calvin Russell, Pat Belen, and Toni Price. In 1985, Leti was asked
by her grandfather to document her family’s history. She has been researching and writing this history
exhibitor booths, a Mercado, snow
for the past ten years. She has turned many of the stories from her family history into songs which she
cones, prizes and surprises for the
has recorded. Leti now has four albums out. Her last album contains songs about the ongoing saga of
whole family. Plenty of free parking. the Padre Balli heirs.
The TMM is located in the charming
For more information contact:
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Worth to Irving Heritage Crossing for P.O. Box 764 Manchaca, TX 78652-0764
a fun family adventure! Don’t miss Phone: [phone]
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ence.
Leti De La Vega
Tribute/Concert Latin Breed
Leti De La Vega
THE LATIN BREED is
Leti De La Vega
more than just a musical and cultural
brand. To say the “Breed” is to evoke Teresa Leticia "Leti" De La Vega a singer/songwriter, historian/author, and artist
was born in Harlingen, Texas in October 1953. She spent her first few years in
a firestorm of powerhouse musical
Mexico at Rancho Viejo. Her family members had a band that played at all of the
talent that made the Tejano Orques- barn dances which always ended with her uncle doing a Mexican hat dance.
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Music Legends Tribute Award, the
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second in a series of Tejano Music scene. She hosted many songwriter circles at her various homes over the years
Leti now has four albums out. Her last album contains songs about the on going
tribute/concerts. Following a presen- with singer/songwriterssa gCah ouf tchek P Hadarem Bmallei hreicirsk. , Rich Minus, Spencer Perskin,
tation at the museum, The Latin Breed Richard Dobson and many more. She has put on a Women's Music Showcase at
the Chicago House. She hasF opr emrofroe rinmfoermda twionit cho nmtaactn: y artist including Jubal Clark,
will perform live at the fabulous TMM Deep South Productions
Blaze Foley, Calvin Russell,P .POa. Bt oBx e7l6e4n, and Toni Price.
Music Garden to culminate the week-
Manchaca, TX 78652-0764
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Leti now has four album s o u t . H e r l a s t album contains songs about the on going
saga of the Padre Balli heirs.
For more information contact:
Deep South Productions
P.O. Box 764
Manchaca, TX 78652-0764
Phone: [phone]
E-mail: [email protected]
www.deepsouthaustin.com
Nuestra Voz De North Texas 8
Cowboys 2017 Preview
I Want to Believe But
The last time the Cowboys had a winning season before 2016
was in 2014, 12 and 4, we all thought Ok here we go. We all had
high hopes for the 2015 season then it all fell apart with Romo’s back
injury or whatever that year, 4 and 12 was the result. It got ugly pretty
quick to the point of even making even the most loyal Cowboy fan
question their religion (Cowboy Faith). Wait till next year again was
really getting hard to swallow (Again!) But, somehow by the start of
training camp we all started thinking well maybe? Romo is looking
good out there we were told and this time they are taking extra care
with him. And then the Seahawks preseason game happened. When he
went down I said to no one except the TV screen this could be it and
damn I was right.
Fast forward to the start of 2016 season, at first, we were all
hanging on any news about Romo’s possible return to the team from
yet another injury. As it turned out Romo was all but done, enter the
Dak and Zeek era. I for one was very skeptical of a rookie that the
Cowboys never really wanted, but settled for would replace Romo.
Before Romo we had a parade of QB’ s come through that were to
replace Aikman. And of course, we all know how that turned out (No
Bueno), it took a miracle to hear Jerry Jones say it to finally replace
him. And that was Bill Parcells that made the call not Jason Garret
formally known as the Boy Wonder. And while I was waiting for the
wheels to come off the new Messiah to some or the New Cowboy QB
a funny thing happened.
They didn’t, Dak only got better and so did Zeek and the rest
of the offense. Of course, the defense as has been for a long time
always leaves us wanting but it was functional. This year despite the
possible Zeek suspension, I believe the offense will not lose a step
over last season. In fact, we have seen glimpses of that during the
brief appearances of the first team offense in the pre-season. Unfortu-
nately, we have seen the defense that is only feared by Cowboy fans
out there also.
So, what does all this mean in as far as wins and loses? Keep-
ing in mind that they (Cowboys) will now face stiffer competition
coming off a division title winning season. My prediction a 10 to
12-win season which will get them into playoffs. As for how far they
get from there, it will be up to the defense, the saying “Defense wins
championships” is there for a reason. Still some teams do rise to the
occasion but have not seen that from this or the Romo era incarnation
yet. But maybe, just maybe this year?
By A. Govea
Nuestra Voz De North Texas 9
Remembering A Martyr
Ruben Salazar March 3, 1928 to August 29, 1970
While most don’t remem- by not only the police department,
ber or even know who Ruben was, but other government agencies
I say you should, that is if you care also. Among his many articles were
about Chicano History. Part of the “Who is a Chicano? And what is it
mission of Nuestra Voz is to keep the Chicanos want”. His focus was
the history of our community alive that of disparity in city government
and we would be gravely remiss and the outright discrimination and
in not sharing the story of Ruben mistreatment of La Raza. He wrote
Salazar. And while we cannot do “This in a city that had the larg-
this Giant of the Chicano Civil est Spanish speaking population
Rights Movement true justice with in the Country had no Latinos in
one article. We would at least hon- City council” “They were however
or him by remembering him on this politically sophisticated enough
the 47th anniversary of his murder. to have three African Americans
Ruben’s story is that of a serving on council though”.
according to the police some in the “Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.
journalist that got swept away by All this was also clearly ob-
crowd went into the bar and one of This 1998 movie starred Johnny
the movement. While the main- vious in the number of Latinos that
them reportedly had a gun (Never Depp and Benicio Del Toro and
stream media’s attention was on were losing their lives in the Viet-
proved). Deputy Thomas Wilson was for its time one of the wildest
the Black civil rights movement, he nam War at a number that did not
fired a 10-inch tear gas projectile movies out there. (I personally
chose to cover the Mexican Amer- equate to its population. This led to
(the type normally used in barri- liked the movie but many at the
ican community. And while we the National Chicano Moratorium
cade situations, not to be shot at time were like “What the hell is
(Nuestra Voz) have written about March to protest the Vietnam War
people) into the bar which tore of this”)
the four horsemen of the move- to be held at Laguna Park. Report-
half the head off Ruben Salazar The park where the march
ment (Reyes, Gutierrez, Tijerna edly, over 30,000 people came
and killed him instantly. took place is now Ruben Salazar
and Chavez) somehow, we are just out to the mostly peaceful march
The coroner’s inquest ruled Park, in 2008 the US Post Office
now getting to Salazar. For that we until the end. A rally was held after
the death a homicide but, Tom Wil- issued a stamp with his image.
must apologize to both Ruben and the march where the Los Ange-
son was never prosecuted, a coro- There have been many more
our readers. We have been guilty of les County Sheriff’s Department
ner’s jury was split in its findings. awards and honors issued posthu-
somehow letting Ruben get lost in decided that it was time to end the
Therefore, no charges were ever mously and even a corrido by Lalo
the annals of history. rally. They went in and attacked
filed with the District Attorney’s Guerrero entitled “El 29 de Augus-
Ruben’s professional career unarmed civilians with batons, tear
Office, however Salazar’s family to”
is one that can be admired by any gas and physical brutality. Panic
did reach a settlement with Los An-
that have put pen to paper. He was and rioting ensued. By days’ end By A. Govea
geles County for $700,000. They
a news reporter and columnist for over 600 would be arrested and
were found to have not used proper
References; Demoocracy.org Re-
the Los Angeles Times and other three would lie dead, among the
and lawful guidelines for the use
trieved September 3, 2010, El Paso
news agencies. He was a foreign dead Ruben Salazar.
of deadly force. Many articles and
Times September 3 2010
correspondent covering the 1965 According to historical
some books have been written
U.S. occupation of the Dominican reports of the infamous day, Ruben
about this time in Chicano history Los Angeles Times February 6,
Republic and the Vietnam War. He and a follow journalist had decided
and Rubens place in it. Perhaps one 1970, Perry Paul 2004, Fear and
also served as a bureau chief in to escape the violence and have
of the most famous was an article Loathing; The strange and terri-
Mexico City. When he came home a beer at the Silver Dollar Bar on
written by Hunter S. Thompson ble saga of Hunter S. Thompson,
from that assignment his focus Whittier Boulevard. Around the
in 1971 for Rolling Stone Maga- Thunder’s Mouth Press.
turned to the LA Raza. He was the corner from the bar was the Green
zine titled “Strange rumblings in
first Chicano journalist of a ma- Mill Liquor Store and according And others unknown.
Aztlan” In doing the research for
jor newspaper to do so and many to police reports they called in for
his article he had a series of inter-
would say the only one. He cov- help. According to the police report
views with Oscar Acosta a lawyer
ered the East LA School Walkouts they reported people coming in
and civil rights activist. Part of the
that soon spread throughout the to steal, (the owners later denied
interviews and writing of this story

nation. And in doing so he became ever calling the police.) The police
was done in Las Vegas which then
critical of the treatment of La Raza, responded and a fight broke out,
led to the book and later movie
Nuestra Voz De North Texas 10
Arlington City Leaders
“I Ain’t Afraid of No Ghost”
Numbed on SB 4
By Luis C. Castillo
By Denise Jimenez SPLC report has stated that 74%
I and other community activists recently wrot e
When you imagine, a frightening character ru-n of the domestic terrorist incidents
to the Mayor and City Council oAf rlington asking
ning around covered in a white hood, possibly screamin g in the last Six years were carried
them to join the litigation againstT exas Senate Bill 4
frightening demands, you may assume it’s your run of th e out or attempted by these Lone
(SB 4), the infamous “sanctuary cities” law, schedule d
mill angry ghost. But, in this case you won’t find a disfi-g Wolves.
to become law on September 1st. The question was
ured ghoul under that hood, you will find Wa hite Suprem- Dylan Roof is always the first to
posed to the Mayor and City Council because in light of
acist. While comparable to a ghoul, aW hite Supremacist come to mind when imagining
all the recent local and state headlines and controvers y
presents real problems and sometimes they can be deadly . these solitary domestic terrorists.
surrounding SB 4,A rlington City leaders have been ab-
One of the most popularW hite Supremacy groups is the Dylan, showed every warning
solutely numbed on SB 4. T he City ofA rlington should
Ku Klux Klan. sign but nobody ever spoke up o r
not remain numbed on SB 4. Sitting on the sidelines is
Popularly referred to as the KKK, this is a ha te took him seriously. Friends that he
a covert consent to the divisive SB 4 .
group whose roots began when the CiviWl ar ended. had re- connected with him a few
I wrote to the Mayor and City Council i n
Klansman, would go on nightly runs to harass the blac k weeks before the shootings, described him as more violen t
part, “I hope that within this governing body a sense of
community, in efforts to regain “White power” in th e and agitated. One friend even took Roof’s gun from h is
compassion and mutual understanding may be found
south. They would often rape, murder and beat unsuspec-t possession, fearing he would do something irrational .
among its members to the extent that the City of Arling-
ing black citizens. However, after the new Jim Crow law s The amount of time he spent on racist forums and we-b
ton will join other major cities’ legal opposition to SB 4.
were implemented, the Klan felt as if they won back th e sites only fueled his rage and pushed him towards violen t
Texas major cities of Houston, Dallas, San Antonio, and
South and the number of active groups declined . extremism. Tragically, not one person who witnessed hi s
Austin have filed lawsuits against the State of Texas in
It wasn’t long before they started back up, a s odd behavior reported him to authorities. Dylan Roo f
their unified effort to have SB 4 declared unconstitution-
more Jewish and Catholic immigrants came into the Un-it would eventually enter the EmanuelA .M.E. Church in
al on various grounds.”
ed States. And, of course groups skyrocketed when th e Charleston, sit in for at least an hour before getting up an d
It is no coincidence that theseT exas cities all
Civil Rights Movement began.T hen from 2010 to 2014 gunning nine black parishioners down in a racist, male-fi
have large Hispanic/Latino populations. A rlington is no
there was a steep drop from active Klan groups, howe-v cent rampage. Dylan Roof was just the beginningA. ugust
exception to this demographic characteristic and neithe r
er the situation drastically changed in 2015 when Kla n 12, 2017, armed with automatic weapons andT iki torches,
is our neighboring city of FortW orth, where the fight
groups nearly tripled in the United States . white supremacists flooded the streets of Charlottesvill e
against SB 4 is advancing .
The Ku Klux Klan even has a group in Fo rt Virginia. In an effort to “unite the right” Klan member s,
SB 4 is scheduled to become law next mont h
Worth, and according to the LoyalW hite Knights of the Neo Nazis andW hite supremacists came together un-
and will permit police to ask people they stop for the ir
Ku Klux Klan’s disturbing website, they had a succes-s masked to show their solidarity against removing confe-d
citizenship status. Realistically, what are the chance s
ful Klan’s rally in NorthT exas and they claimed to have erate statues. SomeA mericans are shocked by the image s
that someone like the Mayor or the Police Chief and th e
had a good turnout.T hese people are congregating in of Nazi and confederate flags being flown threw the stree ts
like would be subjected to a police inquiry regardin g
our very own backyard, but I wouldn’t be nervous. Lik e of Charlottesville. However,A mericans like myself were
their immigration status under SB 4?A bsolutely no
I mentioned in the title, “IA in’t Afraid of No Ghost”. not surprised at all, as discrimination and racism toward s
chance; but on the other hand, people like me and oth er
These Klansman are nothing to worry aboutA. ccording any person of color has become more and more braze n
Latinos would be subjected to proving our citizenship a t
to the Southern Poverty Law Center, it is the “LonWe olf” since 45 began his campaign for Presidency. It wasn ’t
the hands of the police. T hough the proponents of SB
domestic terrorists that carry the most danger. long before anti-hate protesters showed up to defend the ir
4 argue that the targeted population of SB 4 is “illeg al
“Terror from the Right, Conspiracies and racis t community, but sadly it would end in tragedy. During th e
immigrants,” the likelihood ofA mericans of Hispanic
rampages since Oklahoma City”, is a detailed pamphle t demonstration, 20-year-old Alex Fields Jr. plowed into a
descent being caught up in the mix of SB 4 enforceme nt
created by the Intelligence Project for Southern Povert y group of innocent protesters, injuring at least 19 and killin g
is very real. A nd it is for this discriminatory reason
Law Center, a group created in the 70’s made up of civ il Heather Heyer. She was only 32 years old .
alone, if anything, that theA rlington City Council
rights lawyers to ensure equality for allT. his organization While the threat of entire hate groups like th e
should join the legal fight against SB 4 .
wanted to inform the public of the growing danger of so lo KKK seem to be trivial, the hate speech and rhetoric the y
Last week, I and other community activist s
or sometimes duo domestic terrorists . have perpetrated throughout this country has certainly
among them Richard J. Gonzales, Maria Robles, an d
According to the Intelligence Project’s informa- done severe damage.T hey have long since solidified the
representatives of the NAACP Arlington Chapter and
tion on domestic terrorism, there has been an increase o f anger of White Supremacist towards people of color, Jews ,
Faith in Texas organization met withA rlington Mayor
White Supremacists or antigovernment individuals who and Catholics. People likeT imothy McVeigh, Alex Fields
Williams, a Council representative, the Police Chief an d
are veering away from popular groups like the Ku Klu x Jr., and Dylan Roof were clearly influenced by the cor e
other city staff. A fter the hour plus long meeting, w e
Klan and moving more towards “internet activism”, thes e beliefs of the Ku Klux Klan, and while these three separa te
asked the Mayor to place the SB 4 litigation issue on th e
are generally racist message boards and racist websites . terrorist attacks didn’t have the Klan’s involvement, ther e
next City Council’s agenda meeting for discussion. I f
These Lone Wolf terrorists also have very is still blood on their hands .
anything, we like to know where the City oAf rlington
common backgrounds, and according to the study of 10 0 During these trying times when it seems all is lo st
stands on SB 4. A s of this writing our agenda request i s
racist driven murders by racist extremists, they all had 1 0 within the moral fabric of our communities, it is importan t
pending.
common characteristics. These angry guys and gals were to remember our values as a country. When you have a
At the conclusion of our meeting with Mayo r
unemployed, engaged in public activism or leafletting, i-n friend or family member headed down a questionabl e
Williams and the others, we kindly reminded them
cidents occurred at home, posted on a racist forum or blo g, road, you must speak up. Sometimes all someone needs is
that Arlington proudly publicizes that“ Arlington is
sustained online activity, antagonistic online, changed thei r a voice of reason, and sometimes they need to be turned in
the American Dream City”. Hmmm - let us hope i t
posting patterns, sees violence as a solution, discusse d to authorities. It is time to take a stand against hate, and to
doesn’t become a nightmare to its Latino population.
weapons, and identified an enemy.T he danger of getting keep moving forward against this new tide of extremism ,
immersed in this radical idealism on the internet can tur n racism and prejudice.
your regular White Supremacist into a murderer.A recent