LTTE Response to Malkin by Pres of Nat Council of La Raza

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Malkin repeated false information

To the editor:
Michelle Malkin’s July 13 column, “The ‘Race’ schools: Your tax dollars at work,” is filled with inaccuracies about our organization, the National Council of La Raza.

For example, Malkin incorrectly translates our name as “the race.” In Spanish, as in English, words have multiple meanings. In our case, “La Raza” means “the people” or “the community.” Hispanics are an ethnic group, not a race. Similarly, Malkin repeats an already discredited charge that we use federal funds for political purposes. In fact, these funds are used to support the work of the Raza Development Fund, the largest Latino community bank in the country, to help fund health clinics, daycare facilities, homes for first-time buyers and community-based charter schools.

Malkin also cites a quote from Marcos Aguilar which we do not agree with or endorse. NCLR is not a separatist organization and we do not and have never supported a “reconquista” (reconquest). As an American institution founded nearly 40 years ago, our mission is to help open the door to the American Dream to all Latinos and we work to help integrate Hispanic immigrants into this great nation through more than 150 community-based organizations that are helping people learn English and become citizens.

I have offered for months to meet with Malkin. She has yet to respond. Is she being impolite, unfair, or is she just afraid to hear the truth? Regardless, the offer still stands.

Janet Murguía
President and CEO,
National Council of La Raza

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[EFerrari]

1. Hi there! This needs to go to Keith. And hey,

maybe we could develop a list of media outlets for this kind of rebuttal.

No use contacting that woman.