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6A NEWS^e C{iarlotte Thursday, October 5, 2006 J no I www-t:>~»echarlottepost.conn offense by statement Collins Continued from page 1A have not been solved,” she said. Ortega-Moore said her commeaits were strict ly intended to point out how public opinion con sistently demonizes commimi- ties of color - using ethnic groups as the scapegoat for U.S. social and economic problems. “Black and Latino communi ties are all too painfully aware of the prejudice that still runs ram pant in the Southeast,” Ortega- Moore said. “It is a terrible shame that our society insists upon alienating and dividing racial groups, when unity is the only way we can achieve social justice.” The Latin American Coalition released a statement the day after the article was pub lished in hopes of clarifying Ortega-Moore’s comments, stating the quote was taken out of context. Whoriskey said he stands by his story and said Ortega-Moore was describing how the mood has changed in Charlotte toward Latinos. “The reason I used the quote had nothing to do with the reference to blacks,” he said. “If anyone is angry, they shouldn’t direct it toward (Ortega-Moore) but to those who made that statement to her.” Dwayne Collins, president of the Charlotte- Mecklenbuig Black Political Caucus, said he’d reserve comment until he talks to Ortega- Moore, adding he doesn’t think her words were meant to ofiend or belittie blacks. “I don’t think she meant to put anybne down,” he said. Calls to NAACP piesident Kenneth White were not immediately returned. The Black Political Caucus is one group that works with the Latin-American Coalition on immigration issues. While often ignored, rifts between Afiican Americans and Hispanics have become more apparent here and nation ally Some blacks express privately that Hispanics have driven down wages and taken away jobs that they would normally receive,” Collins said, adding those issues should be taken up with employers who pay substandard wages to Latinos. In a 2004 book “The Presumed Alliance: The Unspoken Conflict Between Latinos and Blacks and What it Means for America,” author Nicolas Vaca asserts that Latinos and blacks have had a long acrimonious relation ship. He writes that Latinos have no responsi bility for the plight of Afiican Americans. Tanya Hernandez, a writer with the Afiican American political web site Bladqsrofcom, wrote “social science studies of Latino radal attitudes often indicate a preference for main taining social distance fi-om Afiican Americans. And while the social distance level is largest for recent Latin American immi grants, more established communities of Latinos in the United States are also charac terized by their social distance fi'om Afiican Americans.” A recent study by Duke University revealed the Latince come into the U.S. with negative stereotypes about blacks. Paula D. McClain, a Diike political science professor and lead author of the study said the findings are significant because the South has the largest population ofblacks in the U.S. and has been defined more than other regions alor^ a black-white divide. How Latino immi grants relate to blacks and whites - and how those groups relate to Latinos - has implica tions for the social and political dynamic of the region, she said. “Given the increasing number of Latino immigrants in the South and the possibility that over time their numbers might rival or even suipass black Amaicans in the region, if large portions of Latino immigrants maintain negative attitudes of black Americans, where win this leave blacks?’ the researchers wrote. ‘Wdl blacks find that they must not only make demands on whites for continued progress, but also mount a fight on another fiunt against Latinos?’ In an intmview, McClain added: ‘We’re actu ally pretty depressed about a lot of our find ings.” Office DEPOT. Every card 1$ a WINNER of a prize or otter! 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