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# Border backlash is veiled racism
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/border-backlash-is-veiled-racism-editor/
- Published: 2007-08-24T15:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-24T02:40:18.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Opinion, Santa Monica, #archive-import

*By Ron Lowe Santa Monica*

Newspapers seem to be a little slow on the throttle at nailing down important issues. A case in point: Republicans are trying to steal California’s electoral votes with a ballot initiative that even a stone could see through. Has your readership been enlightened yet?

The anti-immigration movement, composed primarily of white males, and with vestiges of the KKK, are demonizing and targeting Mexicans and Latinos for no other reason than an innate prejudice and intolerance. How long are the news services going to let these cretins, who mask their bigotry and ignorance under the guise of flag and country, get away with their charade?

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on August 24, 2007.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/082407.pdf?ref=smdp.com)