AZTLAN is used by nutjobs to scare ignorant people

This "theory" that there is a movement among Mexicans or Mexican Americans to overwhelm or change the southwestern US into a province of Mexico is ridiculous. The notion of AZTLAN came from a group of Chicano activists in the late 60's and early 70's. Nobody has mentioned it since until right wing nutjobs like Michele "The internment of the Japanese in WWII was a great idea!" Malkin dredged it up to scare white people. That is nobody except the white supremacists who believe in all sorts of twisted rhetoric. Whenever you see AZTLAN in the news or Mexico taking back land it lost in the Mexican War, don't believe the hype.


Here is the link to the story.

http://www.liberaloasis.com/archives/052106.htm#052306

More info on the Council of Conservative Citizens (I really like the Abe Lincoln Wanted poster, CLASSY) http://www.adl.org/learn/ext_us/CCCitizens.asp?xpicked=3&item=12

May 23, 2006 PERMALINK
CNN Cites White Supremacist Group As Source
(posted May 23 7:45 PM ET)

Today on "Lou Dobbs Tonight," CNN ran a graphic sourced to the Council of Conservative Citizens, a group deemed to have a "white supremacy" ideology according to the Anti-Defamation League.

During a piece about illegal immigrants in Utah, reporter Casey Wian said, "Utah is also part of the territory some militant Latino activists refer to as Aztlan, the portion of the southwest United States they claim rightfully belongs to Mexico."

As he said that, CNN ran the following map graphic:

As you can see in the right hand corner, the source of the map is the Council of Conservative Citizens.

For more background on the CCC outside of the ADL report, check out this 1999 W. Post piece and this from The Nation's' John Nichols about Trent Lott's CCC ties

CNN should apologize to its viewers and reprimand those involved in the report.