Whats up with all the references to racism?
We do not believe that the PDNG plan is racist simply because 81% of the PDNG members have non-Hispanic surnames. Many Anglos have a long history of collaborating with the Segundo Barrio in a way that is respectful of our fronterizo culture and heritage. However, the way the PDNG has adopted and tried to implement this plan for the Segundo Barrio community without first consulting the people of the barrio makes this development plan more like an act of conquest or a hostile takeover than anything that will benefit the residents of the barrio. They would have never decided to bulldoze and use eminent domain to strip people of their property to build a mall in the predominately white, wealthy Kern Place neighborhood. Yet, these businessmen and their political supporters (some of them inhabitants of Kern Place) involved in this plan have shown a total lack of respect for the Mexicano community of the Segundo Barrio. They did not consult the Segundo Barrio people at all during their planni
