Wellington Webb: all power to the People of Color!

Wellington Webb is the former mayor of Denver. He also started that city's illegal alien sanctuary policy that was in the news recently. A list of articles on that is here.

A small, bilingual newspaper recently published a letter from him entitled "Webb urges unity among minorities":

...In order to face these difficult times I suggest a new consensus and coordination among four of the most respected and influential organizations in our nation. These organizations share a passion and commitment for education, social issues, economic opportunity and immigration.

They are the National Urban League under the charismatic leadership of President and CEO Marc Morial; the National Council of La Raza [The Race] with their talented and inspirational President Janet Murguia; the NAACP under the outstanding management of President and CEO Bruce S. Gordon; and the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund [MALDEF].

These groups working together have already made a difference electing such leaders as myself to three terms as mayor; my predecessor Mayor Federico Pena, to two terms; former Los Angeles Mayor Tom Bradley and recently elected L.A. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa.

Demographic projections tell us that "we", the communities of color, are going to be the new majority in this nation soon enough.

We must reconcile our differences on policy, overcome concerns about turf and keep our eye on the prize. Then we must take our show on the road together.

Whether groups calling themselves "The (Chicano) Race" are going to want to join up with blacks in anything other than a temporary coalition is certainly an open question.

Immigration2005b · Sun, 08/21/2005 - 21:01 · Importance: 1