Ethnic Issues in California Recall Play Out at Latino Parade

[Judi Lynn]

Ethnic Issues in California Recall Play Out at Latino Parade
By CHARLIE LeDUFF


OS ANGELES, Sept. 7 — Race and politics, two of the unsolvable riddles of California life, collided this morning at the corner of Cesar Chavez Avenue and Indiana Street during the Mexican Independence Day parade.

Arnold Schwarzenegger, who until two days ago was to be the grand marshal, was unceremoniously dumped when organizers rescinded his invitation. Instead, it was Gov. Gray Davis in attendance, the hero of the moment in the Latino community for having signed a bill on Friday that gives illegal immigrants the right to hold driver's licenses.

Parade organizers said Democratic politicians had put pressure on them to drop Mr. Schwarzenegger, but Mr. Davis's camp denied any involvement.

"Absolutely not," said Peter Ragone, the governor's spokesman. "We had no contact with anyone." (snip/...)

http://www.nytimes.com/2003/09/08/national/08ARNO.html

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[Frances]

1. Did anyone else notice

that while the article mentioned Bustamante mispronouncing a word, the article said nothing about the accusations of racism leveled against Arnold by two African American body builders? I did not think the article was balanced.

[PartyPooper]

2. The reason Arnold was 'dumped' was that he was invited by a volunteer

who had no authorization to do so. Anyway, that's what was reported on the evening news. Go figure!

BTW, I feel the tide is turning in favor of Gov. Davis. And, the Dianne Feinstein ads are coming in strong and steady! Keep 'em up! "...Just vote NO on recall."

:dem:

[Democat]

3. This article is biased - where is the mention of Arnold saying "nigger"?

Another very interesting point from the article is that they say Arnold may have been illegally working in the United States when he first arrived.

In typical right wing hypocrisy, he is anti-immigration, even though he may have directly benefited from breaking immigration laws himself.

The media won't investigate this, so Davis and his people will need to dig deeply into Arnold's alleged illegal activities in the state if they want to expose him again.

The fact that the article mention Cruz's use of the word "nigger" once by accident, but doesn't say anything about Arnold's repeated intentional use of the word is telling. The "liberal media" is still protecting Arnold and trying to promote his candidacy.