Commentary

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<p>In the current climate of vicious political rhetoric, where women who testify in congress are “sluts,” and presidential candidates encourage us to bring back child labor, I suppose Larry Stirling’s red-baiting tirade against the restoration of the Chicano Park murals should come as no surprise. On a positive note, he challenges us to define the project and to counter the many stereotypes and historical mistakes perpetuated in his piece.</p>

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<p>This is a very offensive attack to the Mexican-American community history and culture as well as to Mexico as a nation.<br>
History shows us that every time there is an economic crisis someone is blamed for it and in many instances minorities, migrants and other nations are the target.</p>

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<p>One of the main points of the Stirling commentary is the use of taxpayer money on anti-American/communist ideals portrayed by Che Gueverra, Fidel Castro, and Salvador Allende. This characterization exemplifies the difference between seeing the issues with our Brown Eyes and how others see the same issue.</p>
<p>Stirling can only see the fact that these three as communist and their portrayal as communist propaganda.</p>

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<p>&nbsp;&nbsp; The Oxford English Dictionary defines déjà vu as the correct impression that something has been previously experienced; tedious familiarity.</p>

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<p align="justify">Machismo is dead in Mexico. The United States of Mexico has leapfrogged over the United States of America politically in a manner not a single human being could have ever expected of and in Mexico.</p>

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<p align="justify">Oh, Governor Brewer, I look at a photo of you flashing such a sunny smile and I can’t help but think of a song Maya Angelou sings: </p>
<p align="justify">With that smile of yours you could surely put a rainbow in a people’s clouds but you’ve chosen instead, to literally, through a hateful bill called SB1070, turn your hounds on them. Your law gives “the law” the right to stop a range of brown folks, Mexican Americans, Chicanos, Mexicanos – on “reasonable suspicion.”</p>