Your Tax Dollars Funding Racist Organization La Raza
May 8th, 2008 by joe
La Raza already receives millions of dollars each year in taxpayer funds, and thanks to Rep. Barney Frank they are now going to receive even more.
An extremist Mexican “La Raza” group that annually gets millions of U.S. federal grant dollars will receive even more taxpayer money in the next few years thanks to a Massachusetts congressman’s multi million-dollar earmark to counsel Hispanics about housing.
The National Council of La Raza already got $1.3 million from the Department of Housing and Urban Development this year to conduct “comprehensive housing counseling’’ for Hispanics, whether they are in the country legally or not. Now the radical group that advocates the return of the American Southwest to Mexico, will get an additional $15 million thanks to an earmark inserted by Massachusetts Democrat Barney Frank in a housing bill.
Frank, the House Financial Services Chairman, is giving the National Council of La Raza $5 million this year and $10 million in each of the next two years. The new law (FHA Housing Stabilization and Homeownership Retention Act of 2008) includes $100 million for mortgage counseling to be administered by non-profit groups like the National Council of La Raza, which has raked in millions of taxpayer dollars over the year. In fiscal 2006 alone, the group got $15.2 million in federal grants.
If you are outraged and wondering what to do about this travesty, here are your marching orders:
Find yourself a time machine, go back 8 months, give $100 to Tom Tancredo’s presidential campaign, and volunteer to help him win the Republican nomination.
UPDATE: Since I got challenged on this in the comments, here is my proposition: Once La Raza changes their name to La Gente, and introduces a new program of job placement for all disadvantaged Americans - who might happen to be whites or blacks - I will get off their case and send them a check.
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May 8th, 2008 at 5:38 pm
La Raza does pretty well at the expense of the Maryland taxpayer, I’m sure!
May 8th, 2008 at 6:46 pm
You are either very misinformed or are knowingly spreading lies. La Raza is not an extremist organization. It complies with and actively supports all civil rights laws. (Do you?) La Raza’s members and employees hail from all racial and ethnic groups. Anyone can join. It serves low income residents of all colors.Your accusation that La Raza advocates the return of the Southwest to Mexico is blatantly untrue. It is likely that you heard this and other lies repeated on one of the right wing talk shows you listen to. La Raza builds health clinics, trains health workers, conducts classes in civics and English, provides naturalization assistance, runs charter schools that are sanctioned by the state and local school district, etc. Former Atty. General Alberto Gonzalez is a member of La Raza. It was recently recognized as being one of the best non-profits in the US. It received funding from numerous corporations and philantropic groups. In the future, get your facts straight before you malign a group that is doing good works.
May 8th, 2008 at 8:02 pm
La Raza uses U.S. taxpayer funding to aid in a multitude of ways illegal migrants. For that they should never again be given public funding.
Giving this group our money is the height of pork barrel spending. This earmark spending makes the bridge to nowhere look like a good deal.
May 8th, 2008 at 8:57 pm
Uh, Drzal old buddy, read a little more carefully. The only accusation I have made is that National Council of La Raza is … La Raza.
It translates to “The Race.” On that basis, I brand it a racist organization. Duh. But like the emperor with no clothes, NCLR has managed to pull this scam off for all these years because no one has the temerity to challenge them on it.
And I also classify it among the Den of Thieves because it is making off with taxpayer money.
Sorry bud, La Raza receiving taxpayer funding is the height of irony. But, I grant you, if we the American taxpayers continue to be stupid enough to allow this to happen, shame on us.
May 8th, 2008 at 9:10 pm
NO non-profit corporation should receive ANY federal funding. If the organization is worthwhile, people will fund it. If people decide not to fund it, their congresscritters should not take their money to fund it.
May 8th, 2008 at 10:39 pm
loren drzal,
La Raza is doing everything in their power to ensure a constant flow of illegal migrants to America. This is their bread and butter.
Curiously, are you affiliated with La Voz of Kentucky in any way ?
May 9th, 2008 at 9:10 am
I have submittted articles to La Voz and I am not compensated in ny way. I am concerned about the myths that are being circulated that have no basis in fact. To repeat, La Raza does not and can not discriminate. There are civil rights laws against that. You are also quite misinformed as to the meaning of the name, “La Raza”. Anyone who has opened a dictionary is aware that words have multiple meanings. The term “La Raza” most closely translates as “the people” or “the hispanic people” or “the Hispanic people of the New World”. The term was coined by a Mexican writer in a book to reflect the fact that the people of Latin America are a mixture of many races, cultures and religions. The full term was La Raza Cosmica or the Cosmic Race. It is an inclusive term. Do you have a problem that the Italian American Society, the Irish Hibernians, The NAACP or the National Organization of Women because of their names?
May 9th, 2008 at 9:16 am
Joe, Its time for you to open up your wallet. I checked on the La Raza website and found that they do have programs for job placement,job development and skills training. These programs are open to anyone regardless of race, etc. in accordance to civil rights law.
May 9th, 2008 at 10:50 am
Loren,
I asked this question out of curiosity if yours was an unbiased opinion, or wether you are involved in various forms of Hispanic activism, through ties to La Voz or other Hispanic advocacy groups. Possibly even NCLR itself.
What is the extent of your Hispanic advocacy ? Sufficient that we should take what you say with a wink and a nod ? Do you advocate for other minority groups to this same extent ?
May 9th, 2008 at 11:52 am
Ideologically I do not see a bit of difference between this characters and the white supremacists or Farrakhan’s organization. La Raza means the race, their motto tells it all. The only horrific difference is the Democratic party does not provide earmarks for the other two groups of racists thugs.
May 9th, 2008 at 11:52 am
Loren,
putting lipstick on a pig, only leaves you with a dolled up pig.
May 9th, 2008 at 12:45 pm
Yeah, I know, google her and you will find she is referenced in several sources as a “Hispanic advocate”.
Not a minority advocate, not an advocate for the poor, nor the hungry. nor the ill, just Hispanic. A well meaning or passive racist is still a racist.
May 9th, 2008 at 3:33 pm
I support a variety of social justice causes and have been mostly involved in immigration issues for the past year or so, as there is a limit to my time. That does not mean that my opinions or research are not valid. Dan seems to be saying that anyone who has worked on a cause he doesn’t agree with has no validity. You are apparently vocal on immigration issues but I have not said you have no validity. You seem to be saying that you only want to hear from people who only agree with you. That is fine, if that is where you are but that is griping , not discussing. I try to stick with facts that can be verified. By the way, I am not a member of La Raza and never had been. If I was, it would not diminish my arguments. So far, I haven’t heard much in the way of arguments from you all, only a bunch of unsubstantiaed opinion. The one person who made a valid opinion was against all earmarks. I’m not sure if I agree with that, I’d have to study it some more, but I appreciate that it was not directed against any group of people.
May 9th, 2008 at 4:22 pm
Loren,
“Dan seems to be saying that anyone who has worked on a cause he doesn’t agree with has no validity.”
Well put, but I believe that goes to far. When one is an advocate and especially an activist for a given cause one is not without extra bias. I say extra because we ALL have biases and viewpoints that we bring to the party. These biases while they do not in any way obliterate an ultimate truth do color positions relative to that ultimate truth.
“You seem to be saying that you only want to hear from people who only agree with you.”
NOOOO!!! We here allow and welcome all viewpoints. No one has ever been banned for advocating ANY given position. A few have been deleted for couching things in a manner little too pungently. So please come back, you will find the discussion here sharp, with little quarter given. If you come across as reasonable, you will be welcome, though hounded by those who disagree with you.
Personally I hate echo chambers.
While the majority is right of center, we have all kinds here. We do not suffer fools gladly.
May 9th, 2008 at 4:26 pm
That is not what Dan is saying. What Dan IS saying that as a reported “Hispanic advocate”, it would appear that you have have an unbiased opinion on the La Raza funding topic.
I disagree with what La Raza does with public TAXPAYER funds. I disagree with their policy of advocating for illegal immigrants here in this country. And I also disagree strongly with their apologists.
opinion
• noun 1 a view or judgement not necessarily based on fact or knowledge.
May 9th, 2008 at 4:30 pm
oops..
“it would appear that you have a BIASED opinion”
as they say, haste does make waste..
May 9th, 2008 at 4:46 pm
Still waiting for your reasoned arguments. One person said they were against la Raza because they advocated for undocumented people. Not sure if that is true but as least it is a specific argument. I read a lot of the other blogs on this site and agree with a lot. Except, I don’t think immigrants are the problem. I think it is part of a broad structure that victimizes us all.
May 9th, 2008 at 5:51 pm
Loren,
Go see
http://novatownhall.com/2008/05/09/what-part-of-illegal-dont-you-get/
May 9th, 2008 at 8:49 pm
Loren:
You are correct, immigrants are not a problem. However, illegal migrant invaders are. Like many you are mixing apples and oranges. In this case the apples are OK, it’s the oranges that need to be deported.
May 9th, 2008 at 11:26 pm
Loren,
What exactly are “undocumented people” ? I believe you weret he first to use this expression here. Are you trying to say “aliens” as defined in the INA, who are here illegally?
Immigrants are not a problem.
Immigration is now a legal process in the USA (see INA). Sneaking across our border and evading our authorities is NOT immigration. This is as G points out, illegal migration.
For someone claiming to not be affiliated with La Raza, you are espousing pretty well their propaganda of the lack of distinction between legal immigration and illegal migration.
June 9th, 2008 at 8:42 am
Let me help you understand where Drzal is coming from. He is active in the Kentucky Coalition for Immigrant and Refuge Rights, a clear pro-illegal organization which attempts to pass itself off as an “immigrant” rights organization. Google them and Loren Drzal and you’ll get a better appreciation for both. Their efforts are directed at continuing a Sanctuary City status in Lexington and extending that to Kentucky. Militant? Certainly are. I’ve worked against them for over a year only to be threatented with physical harm and my wife was verbally intimidated by their President Freddy Piralta. If you oppose them you are targeted here. BTW, “raza” means race, breed, strain and SOMETIMES people. This Cosmic crap is subterfuge for La Raza as they have evbolved from the Chicano movement and are directly tied in with the Reconquista effort. Their motto? “For members, everything. For others, nothing!” Pretty clear message, eh?
June 9th, 2008 at 9:04 am
Dan Duncan - as someone who is completetly bilingual I have to clarify your translation. Raza can mean race or people depending on how it is used. NCLR has always been insistent that their use is as The People, which makes infinitely more sense as there is no specific Hispanic Race.
But more importantly, as a quick quality check, can you provide evidence of La Raza being tied into a Reconquista effort?
I was at one time accused of being tied into a Reconquista movement, ironically before I even knew there was such a thing, so I am hestitant to take your word for it.
June 9th, 2008 at 10:05 am
Laura- La Raza does not consider themselves part of a Latino Race ? As our local protagonist of the La Raza party line, surely you would know this.
June 9th, 2008 at 10:27 am
Actually I have taken a lot of slack from La Raza because of our vastly differing ideological views. Rest assured, represenatative I am not.
I am not sure if I understood the rest of your post. If I am intrepreting you correctly, the answer is no, National Council of La Raza is a non-profit advocacy organization with a very diverse staff that does not as an organization consider it to be part of the Latino Race. I don’t know of anyone in the world who would consider themselves to be part of the “Latino race” as there is no such thing. There are a multitude of racial mixes present in Latin America, such as Mestizo, as well poeple of different races such as Asians, Anglos, Blacks, etc. Perhaps you are confusing Latino Race with Latino culture, which though diverse, is somewhat definable.
July 1st, 2008 at 6:09 pm
Loren has for months taken to posting pro illegal alien BS at my local papers comment section. We are located in Long Beach California….This person is not to be taken at face value. He deceive other posters about who he represents and flat out lies when asked if he’s part of La Raza….go away loren, find a job (that has nothing to do with being an anti-American, pro illegal alien, trader to this country) or seek some psychiatric help, just go away!!!!
August 26th, 2008 at 2:03 pm
La Raza is a special interest group that MUST NOT be publically funded. “Provide for the common defense and general welfare” in the US Constitution, does not mean take from us to give to special interest groups. Look at the word “general”. Protection and Welfare to the Americans in general, such as protection from enemies both foreign and domestic, including plagues and epidemics, dangerous gangs, many of them here illegally. General welfare could also include maintaining clean air and water and building quality roads. It most certainly includes our right to keep our money or donate it to groups like the Girl Scouts, or even to La Raza. I am pro-choice - I choose not to have any of my money go to Planned Parenthood, La Raza, NAACP, KKK (which I doubt get public funds), or any other special interest group that benefits only certain groups. Let those who support, or benefit from, those groups fund them VOLUNTARILY, as a choice. That is one of the REAL examples of being pro-choice.