Passage of Prop. 187
When George Wallace stood in the schoolhouse door in Alabama in 1963, we Californians were outraged at his racist attempt to deny education to black children. Now we pass a law so Pete Wilson can stand in the schoolhouse door and deny education to brown children. I guess that not only makes us racist but hypocritical ones as well.
MARK ALEXANDER
Newport Beach
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