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Although Hispanics have suffered widespread discrimination in American society, they should not join the Rev. Jesse Jackson's Rainbow Coalition, a veteran civil rights activist and a national journalist told about 75 people at an Institute of Politics (IOP) forum yesterday...
Comparing the plight of Hispanics with that of Blacks, Raoul Yzaguirre, president of the National Council of La Raza, a Hispanic advocacy group, and currently an IOP fellow, said that the "legacy, history and struggles of Hispanics in this country are largely unknown by the American public...the media simply wasn't focused on the civil rights struggle of the Hispanic community...
...made commitment of there to five years to the IOP," Royer explained in a recent interview. "Unless I get a Cabinet-level appointment like Thornburgh...
...particular, the former head of the National League of Cities says he has a personal interest in reinforcing ties between the IOP and the new Taubman Center for state and local government...
...while Royer promises a measure of stability for the IOP, he says he won't shy away from pushing his own programs. "My friends who work in academia have been educating me about the politics of the academy," he says. "It doesn't seem any tougher than the politics of local government. I think I can handle...