If you think that the recent “protest” against American Muslims in Orange County is the only example of bigotry and hatred in the county, think again.<\/p>\n
The OC Register has reported a number of recent incidents of hate speech and vandalism against Catholics, Asian-Americans, Latinos and others–including a death threat against Gov. Brown.<\/p>\n
This letter to the editor from the county leader of the UDW Homecare Providers Union spells it out:<\/p>\n
RE: Graffiti messages threaten to kill governor; Hate messages spray-painted on churches, buildings<\/p>\n
Dear Editor:<\/p>\n
It is with sorrow and anger that we condemn in the strongest possible terms the death threats to Gov. Brown and other recent hateful acts in our county aimed at Catholics, African-Americans, Asians, Latinos and others.<\/p>\n
These actions are not merely teen-age pranks, as some have suggested. The woman arrested for the most recent threats is 53-years-old. <\/p>\n
They also are more than “just” acts of vandalism. They are symptoms of a deeper hatred. And they warn of the potential for more serious acts of violence in the future. <\/p>\n
Our nearly 15,000 members provide care for thousands of Orange County’s most vulnerable citizens. We-and-they come from all racial, religious and ethnic groups. We-and they-are testimony to the diversity that makes our county great. <\/p>\n
It is time for all good citizens of Orange County to stand up to these hateful acts of terrorism, and say: “Not here, not now, not ever.”<\/p>\n
Christine Nguyen
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Orange County Chapter Chair
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UDW Homecare Providers Union
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Member, OC Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
If you think that the recent “protest” against American Muslims in Orange County is the only example of bigotry and hatred in the county, think again.<\/p>\n
The OC Register has reported a number of recent incidents of hate speech and vandalism against Catholics, Asian-Americans, Latinos and others–including a death threat against Gov. Brown.<\/p>\n
This letter to the editor from the county leader of the UDW Homecare Providers Union spells it out:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2376,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13218","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6Pvhz-3rc","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/calitics.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13218","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/calitics.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/calitics.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/calitics.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2376"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/calitics.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13218"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/calitics.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13218\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/calitics.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13218"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/calitics.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13218"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/calitics.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13218"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}