Young Latinos must do more than wave flag

From: Columbia Daily Tribune | Date: April 11, 2006| Author: | Copyright information

We Latinos are on fire these days, in more ways than one. Immigration protests across the country have reignited the Latino engine but also refueled the opposite side.

Some critics wrote to me upset that so many of you younger ones walked out of school. They buy the perception that Latinos don't value education, that we're "dumbing down" U.S. schools.

I'd argue that the protesters, especially the younger ones, learned more last week than they had all year. A protest is democracy in action, and I can't think of a better way to learn about First Amendment rights - including the right to stage ...

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