racism from cradle to grave: texas cemetery sued for whites only policy /

Published at 2016-05-06 18:24:50

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Hispanic rights group claims San Domingo cemetery association in Normanna voted against allowing man’s remains to be placed there ‘because he’s a Mexican’
At San Domingo cemetery i
n rural south Texas,there are headstones marking the graves of people with names such as Davis, Baker, and Harris and Moore.
But in a county where half the population is Hispanic,non-Anglo names are strangely absent from the plots. When Dorothy Barrera tried to arrange her husband’s burial earlier this year, the obvious reason became clear.
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Source: theguardian.com