During this time of discontent in the land, it is convenient to scapegoat Latinos, now the largest "minority" group, in a nation in which 100 million people, one-third of the population and growing, are of color. Society will be able to tackle social injustice and economic inequality only when we ignore the smokescreens and diversions. Only when we resist the temptation to scapegoat will we begin to address the myriad crises plaguing the nation. When they have all of us fighting over the crumbs, the loaf is much more easily stolen.
BC Columnist David A. Love is an attorney based in Philadelphia, and a contributor to the Progressive Media Project and McClatchy-Tribune News Service. He contributed to the book, States of Confinement: Policing, Detention and Prisons (St. Martin's Press, 2000). Love is a former spokesperson for the Amnesty International UK National Speakers Tour, and organized the first national police brutality conference as a staff member with the New York-based Center for Constitutional Rights. He served as a law clerk to two Black federal judges. Click here to contact Mr. Love.
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