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"WLCAC still lends us logistics, tables, electrical equipment," says [WATTS-Arturo Ybarra]. "We use the Watts Tower amphitheater as a venue, the VIP reception is black and Latino."
He boasts, "In the 14 years that we've held it - there wasn't one in 1992 because of the Rodney King unrest - we've never had a single incidence of violence in Cinco de Mayo.""You may not believe it, but I've never made any distinction between 'us' and 'them,'" he declares, dismissing reports of a widening divide between Latinos and African Americans as a result of the national debate over immigration.See the full content of this document
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A Latino-Black Cinco de Mayo
Editor's Note: The largest black service organization in Watts helped an emerging Latino group and makes no distinctions between communities. This is the fifth of a six-part series on the role of longtime black and Latino communi...
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