Armando Navarro, Prof. Ethnic Studies, UC Riverside at Latino Summit Response to Prop 187, UC Riverside, 1/1995
"These are the critical years for us as a Latino community.
We're in a state of transition. And that transformation is called
'the browning of America'. Latinos are now becoming the majority.
Because I know that time and history is on the side of the Chicano/Latino
community. It is changing in the future and in the present the
balance of power of this nation. It's a game - it's a game of
power - who controls it. You (to MEChA students) are like the
generals that command armies. We're in a state of war. This Proposition
187 is a declaration of war against the Latino/Chicano community
of this country. They know the demographics. They know that history
and time is on our side. As one community, as one people, as
one nation within a nation as the community that we are, the
Chicano/Latino community of this nation. What this means is a
transfer of power. It means control."
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