{"id":3890,"date":"2010-12-22T12:39:41","date_gmt":"2010-12-22T17:39:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thedustininmansociety.com\/blog\/?p=3890"},"modified":"2010-12-22T12:39:41","modified_gmt":"2010-12-22T17:39:41","slug":"la-reconquista-%e2%80%94-jerry-gonzalez-and-the-politics-of-ethnic-conflict","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thedustininmansociety.org\/blog\/2010\/12\/22\/la-reconquista-%e2%80%94-jerry-gonzalez-and-the-politics-of-ethnic-conflict\/","title":{"rendered":"La Reconquista \u2014 Jerry Gonzalez and the politics of ethnic conflict"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tampa Tribune<\/em><\/p>\n

La Reconquista \u2014 the politics of ethnic conflict<\/strong><\/p>\n

Many Mexican immigrants, legal or otherwise, see themselves as part of a process of retaking the United States <\/a>that once was a part of Mexico. Recent Mexican law permits dual citizenship which tacitly supports this notion.<\/p>\n

This objective is aptly described by Jose Ramos, anchorman since 1986 on Noticieros, a Miami news program on Univision cable network, also seen in Mexico and 13 other Latin-American countries.<\/p>\n

This guy is the real deal, having the stature of Walter Cronkite, although not a U.S. citizen and one of the 10 most admired Latinos in the U.S. \u2014 a graduate of the University of Miami \u2014 my alma mater. Ramos accurately observes, “Latinos have achieved the feat of integration economically to the U.S. without losing their culture.”<\/p>\n

While all other immigrants have assimilated, he says, “The idea of a melting pot is a myth.” He makes no bones about supporting La Reconquista, saying … “the United States is undergoing a true demographic revolution. Some call it La Reconquista. The same territories that Mexico lost to the United States in 1848 \u2014 Arizona, Texas, California … others … such as Florida and Illinois \u2014 are experiencing a genuine cultural invasion …”<\/p>\n

“Reconquista” means the reconquest and refers to the centuries-long struggle by Spaniards to reclaim Spain from Moorish Muslims. But now it refers to the Mexican-American War of 1846-48. The irony is many of today’s overseas Muslims believe that because of their fertility, Europe will also undergo a slow but steady demographic Islamic revolution.<\/p>\n

And then there’s “La Raza Unida,” meaning literally, “The United Race,” which, like so many radical movements, started in the ’60s with activist Chicanos who believed they were victimized by a racist power structure that has oppressed Mexican-Americans since the Mexican-American War.<\/p>\n

This is now a moribund third-party movement subsumed by the Democrats who tap into ethnic passion with identity politics. Yet it remains a strong social protest movement. Its founder, Jose Angel Gutierrez, University of Texas professor, supports open borders, amnesty; and in the late ’60s said, “We have got to eliminate the gringo … if worst comes to worst, we have got to kill him.” On a lighter note, in 1999, he observed less stridently, “We have the critical mass … We have the means now to take government and to lead.”… <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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