Bigot Hispanic voices racial slur. Where is the MSM outrage. We whites are stupid if we continue to allow such crap from racial groups that we would not tolerate from whites. Have we accepted that it is OK to slur whites but no other racial group?

“We need to have a more unified voice and get out there and talk to politicians so they’re hearing from others besides — pardon my expression — ignorant rednecks,” said Ken Carey, a member of the leadership council.
Notice the headline in this paper. What would the headline be if you changed that one word to "sp*c"? "Ignorant sp*cs" Think the headline would read "Group wants white voices in SC immigration debate" ? It is time we DEMAND fair treatment!

Group wants Hispanic voices in S.C. immigration debate
By NOELLE PHILLIPS
nophillips@thestate.com

The S.C. Hispanic Leadership Council believes its voice is missing from the state’s immigration debate.

Now, the council wants to be involved as politicians debate more than a dozen immigration bills that have been filed this legislative session.

“We didn’t just want to come to a meeting where everybody talks nice,” said Ivan Segura, the leadership council’s president. “We want to be effective.”

The council held a summit Friday at Columbia College at which members discussed strategy and listened to a review of bills.

During the past six months, people representing groups such as the S.C. Minutemen and Americans Have Had Enough Coalition have spoken at public hearings held by state lawmakers.

So have law enforcement organizations, chambers of commerce, farmers and construction contractors.

But only rarely has someone who is Hispanic stood up.

“We need to have a more unified voice and get out there and talk to politicians so they’re hearing from others besides — pardon my expression — ignorant rednecks,” said Ken Carey, a member of the leadership council.

In South Carolina, legislators are considering a wide range of bills. Some would violate federal law, such as asking about immigration status when students enroll in public schools, and have little chance of becoming law.

Others mimic laws passed in Georgia and North Carolina and are gathering steam. They would:

• Require state contractors and subcontractors to enroll in a federal work authorization program

• Order the S.C. Law Enforcement Division to sign an agreement with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement

• Regulate the cottage industry that offers immigration assistance

The Hispanic leadership council wants to schedule a lobbying day during which members flood the State House to talk to politicians. Others suggested a letter-writing campaign.

Brenda J. Vander Mey, a Clemson University sociologist, said part of the battle is getting past stereotypes and insisting on accurate, unbiased information.

“A lot of work still needs to be done,” she said. “For the last five years, it’s been nothing but political hellfire all over the United States.”

Hispanic leaders hope Friday’s meeting was just the beginning. If they defeat legislation this year, they know it could resurface.

“With attitudes like that out there, we may succeed this year but then there’s next year,” said Elaine Lacy, a researcher with the USC Consortium for Latino Immigration Studies.

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