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<blockquote data-quote="ups1990" data-source="post: 737138" data-attributes="member: 20195"><p>We all witnessed on television the many thousands protesting in Arizona&nbsp; and I noticed the many thousands of Latinos marching that made up a large part of the crowd. The unity among Latinos to come together on this day for this cause is commendable but could there be another reason for this unity besides labeling this law as racial profiling? I feel there is. Our ego was hurt. This law struck our ego and pride very much. You will never see Latinos as united as they are against this law. The case can be made that our collective communities have more pressing issues which need this coming together by these same people marching in Arizona. Latino gangs are tearing our neighborhoods apart. Brown on brown crime, yet browns could care less. If a white cop kills a Latino we are all up in arms for what it sees as a senseless killing but see gang murders as just a product of living in the Barrio and easily ignored. If we show to America and the world that we our really serious about ending the high rate of murders of Latinos by Latinos as we are about a bill that might lead to racial profiling, then I&#039;ll say I was wrong and believe me, my ego won&#039;t take a hit.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="ups1990, post: 737138, member: 20195"] We all witnessed on television the many thousands protesting in Arizona and I noticed the many thousands of Latinos marching that made up a large part of the crowd. The unity among Latinos to come together on this day for this cause is commendable but could there be another reason for this unity besides labeling this law as racial profiling? I feel there is. Our ego was hurt. This law struck our ego and pride very much. You will never see Latinos as united as they are against this law. The case can be made that our collective communities have more pressing issues which need this coming together by these same people marching in Arizona. Latino gangs are tearing our neighborhoods apart. Brown on brown crime, yet browns could care less. If a white cop kills a Latino we are all up in arms for what it sees as a senseless killing but see gang murders as just a product of living in the Barrio and easily ignored. If we show to America and the world that we our really serious about ending the high rate of murders of Latinos by Latinos as we are about a bill that might lead to racial profiling, then I'll say I was wrong and believe me, my ego won't take a hit. [/QUOTE]

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