Latino Activists Face Death Threats in Georgia

[AlphaCentauri]

Death threats have not intimidated pro-Latino activists in Georgia. Instead, they have spurred them to join forces across racial lines to counteract the anti-immigrant atmosphere that has taken on a sinister tone in the state.

Less than a week after Rich Pellegrino called a group of human rights organizations together to protest the sale of a racist T-shirt, he received a shocking death threat at the door of his home.

It had been a rough week for Pellegrino, director of the Cobb Immigrant Alliance, who protested in front of Mulligan's Bar and Grill in Marietta with other activists on May 13.

The objective was to urge the owner of the establishment to suspend the sale of a T-shirt that depicted a drawing of Curious George with a caption that read "Obama in 2008," which offended the African-American community and the Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama.


http://www.alternet.org/rights/86483/