Hispanic supremacy
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Hispanic supremacy is a racist ideology that holds that Hispanics are superior to all other races. While there are no groups that publicly espouse such an ideology, Hispanic and Latino individuals and organizations in the United States are often accused of being supremacists by opponents of illegal immigration and nativist and nationalist groups.
[edit] Accusations
The California Coalition for Immigration Reform, a political group that advocates immigration reduction, accuses elected officials and other public figures of Hispanic descent of holding supremacist beliefs.[citation needed] Similarly, reductionists accuse civil rights organizations and other groups that advocate for issues important to Hispanic Americans of adhering to a supremacist ideology. The accusations are based on interpretations of quotes by such figures. For example, a statement in the Plan Espiritual de Aztlán, the 1968 document considered the manifesto of the Chicano Movement, proclaims, "Por la raza todo. Fuera de la raza, nada." While translations of the phrase vary, the one preferred by reductionists is "For the race, everything. Outside the race, nothing", which they interpret as a statement of supremacy. Another quote that provoked the ire of opponents of immigration was from former California State Senator Art Torres, who told a group of student activists that "...[California Proposition] 187 is the last gasp of white America in California."
