Time to Take a Stand
Rules of Non-Engagement Bruce Springsteen released a new song, “Streets of Minneapolis,” Streets of Minneapolis On Anti-Mexican Racism By David Montejano This is a brief overview of exploratory research I did many years ago, in the late 1990s. The catalyst for this exploration was the passage of Proposition 187 in California in 1994. Prop 187 was a comprehensive anti-immigration proposition that would deny social services to undocumented immigrants and require teachers and medical personnel to ascertain the legal status of students and clients. Its landslide passage of 60% was a shocking result in supposedly liberal California. In 1994 I was living in northern California. I witnessed the Prop. 187 campaign, which went by the moniker “Save Our State.” It was an SOS warning to California voters about the increase and notable presence of Mexican immigrants. I saw “Citizen Council” protests in Mountain View, held across a corner...