Artwork Angers Calif. Immigration Foes

Seems the gringos have their panties in a bunch again. It appears that some of the residents of Baldwin Park, California are just a few threads short of a sheet party. It appears that the Save Our State (read KKK) is upset that the Mexican American population has the audacity to remember. They have created quite a stir over a work of art entitled Danza Indegenas.

BALDWIN PARK, Calif. - Members of a group that opposes illegal immigration protested a piece of public art with inscriptions they claim are anti-American, sparking heated exchanges with residents of this heavily Hispanic city. Police in riot helmets separated the 40 members of Save Our State and scores of residents during the rally Saturday, but there were no reports of arrests or injuries. The protesters were then escorted away from the site. The artwork, called "Danza Indigenas," has a 20-foot-high arch with inscriptions that read, "It was better before they came" and "This land was Mexican once, was Indian always and is, and will be again." The Ventura-based Save Our State organization, formed seven months ago, said it wants the inscriptions removed before the Fourth of July. Full.

For more about this see Xispas and Art For a Change.