Thread: Boise State University group's flyer irks some Hispanics

I don't know how you feel about this but you may like to write a letter to the editor for this young lady. Deadline is midnight tonight.

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I am a member of BSU Republicans and WE NEED YOUR HELP! Please send a letter to the editor at our school newspaper, the Arbiter, by Tuesday 3/20 at Midnight if you get this message in time. The paper is going to be full of crap against us and we need all the help we can get!

here is the link for the newspaper:
www.arbiteronline.com

Here is the link on letters to the editor. Should not be more than 300 words long.
http://link.toolbot.com/arbiteronline.com/69889

Here is who you send it to
letters@arbiteronline.com

They WILL print your stuff if you are not a student and don't even live in this state. They will print pretty much anything that they get.

Email me at linzy_loo5@hotmail.com if you have questions.
Thanks!
Lindsay

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Copy of Flyer
http://www.bsurepublicans.com/events.htm

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Boise State University group's flyer irks some Hispanics

Sunday, March 18, 2007

BOISE, Idaho - A Boise State University group has angered area Hispanic leaders and other organizations by promoting a speech with a "food stamp drawing" that requires climbing through a hole in a fence and offering fake identification for a shot at wining a dinner at a Mexican restaurant.

The school's College Republicans organization is offering the dinner for two to promote a speech it is sponsoring by Canyon County Commissioner Robert Vasquez, a vocal critic of U.S. immigration policy who is planning to run for the U.S. Senate in 2008.

The speech scheduled for Thursday by the College Republicans is in the midst the university's Cesar Chavez Week, sponsored by the Boise State Cultural Center.

As part of the school's weeklong event, students and professionals who came from a farm-working background will discuss their personal history, and a documentary film follows immigrants traveling to the United States from Nicaragua.

Chavez championed the rights of farmworkers and helped found the United Farm Workers Union. He died in 1993, but events such as BSU's Cesar Chavez Week are held in many areas in association with Chavez's March 31 birthday.

The flyer on the College Republicans' Web site is headlined "America's Illegal Alien Invasion" and has a picture of Vasquez as well as examples of a resident alien card, a Texas Health and Human Services Medicaid Card, Idaho driver's license and Social Security Card.

It also contains an image of a highway caution sign that has a couple running while dragging young child.

Above the sign at a slanted angle is "Celebrate Cesar Chavez Week."

The flyer also contains the dinner drawing information: "Win dinner for two at a local Mexican Restaurant! Climb through the hole in the fence and enter your false ID documents into the food stamp drawing!"

Jonathan Sawmiller, president of the College Republicans, defended the flyer.

"It's more of an attention-getting device," Sawmiller told the Idaho Press-Tribune. The group's Web site calls the dinner drawing "humorous."

Not everyone is amused.

"It certainly singles out a particular segment of students at the college and I'm pretty sure if you ask Hispanic students, this is beyond the realm of humor," said Ed Keener, board chairman for The Interfaith Alliance of Idaho, which plans a silent vigil the evening of Vasquez's speech. "It's trying to hurt somebody."

Graciela Fonseca, president of Idaho's Hispanic Women's Organization, Mujeres Unidas de Idaho, said members were "outraged" by the flyer.

"It's kind of mean-spirited," she said, adding it will stir up hatred and racism. Fonseca said it also made light of people who have died trying to cross deserts in the southwestern U.S.

"It's very anti-immigrant," said Maria Mabbutt of the Idaho Hispanic Caucus. "It's very divisive."

Vasquez said the promotional flyer was not racist, and that those who thought otherwise "find racism in everything that they disagree with."


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Graciela Fonseca, president of Idaho's Hispanic Women's Organization, Mujeres Unidas de Idaho,

Here again is the fact that Fonseca encourages the population of "immigrants" to refuse to learn English. Thus, any type integration is basically impossible! And by encouraging a militant anarchist attitude, what is the goal of "United Latin Women of Idaho"? And who is actually doing the hurting here, Fonseco? NOT YOU?!?

People rarely get offended by something unless it's a down right LIE, or it is painfully TRUE!

In this case the only LIE is that the flyer promotes "racism"---it reflects the reality of Illegals overrunning the U.S., and taking benefits from Citizens and taxpayers! The painful TRUTH is that that, sadly, the flyer is an accurate representation of Illegal Immigration today.

And why are "Hispanic Student Groups" upset? Because they are here illegally, or support illegal immigration? They had better be very careful about spouting their philosophy if that is the case!

Again, why is it that those who show the truth are labelled "racists"?

For me this has gone too far. Remember, that those who maliciously, and unwarrentingly accuse others of ill deeds, it is they who are usually the biggest perpetraitors themselves.

Here they go on their racial sopabox again!!! WHAAA!!!!!

OK, I'll write a letter and make it clear that they are nothing but a bunch of whining kids, who are overtly sensitive about their ethnicity.

Here's my letter:

After word of mouth reached me about this tongue in cheek flier to address the problem all of America is facing with the disastrous consequences of illegal immigration, I had hoped to put in my two cents worth.

As well it had come to my attention that this flier has made those within the colleges Latino groups feel offended. This however is erroneous on their part and is nothing more than over sensitivity on their part, in regards to their ethnicity.

Now one question I have, after having read the flier. Why would the Latino students be offended? Are they illegal aliens? No where on this flier does it say the tongue in cheek humor was aimed directly at Latinos. No where does this say they would be discussing illegal aliens of Latino heritage. So why are they offended? It would seem their assumptions were the only reason they were offended. Not one word on this flier states very specifically they were targeting anyone but illegal aliens, which is not a race, but is a group of any race of people.

Seems that the Latino groups at Boise State are running around with some pretty big chips on their shoulders. They need to lose that while they are young, it can be a pretty heavy load to carry all of their lives.

Sincerely, Elizabeth, Oregon