PERSPECTIVE ON LATINOS : Fighting War on Backs of the Poor : The percentage of Latinos in the war is debatable; the war's effect on domestic injustices is not.

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Thank you for the source, Susie

We can only speculate on what the impact of a prolonged war will be on Latinos: During the Vietnam War, Latinos made up about 12% of California's population while representing about 22% of the state's casualties. Today, Latinos have grown to 33% of California's elementary and high school students; Latinos constitute 63.3% of the Los Angeles Unified School District (by contrast, Latinos were 22% of the district in 1970).

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In pressing their arguments against the war, Latinos should remember one of the great lessons of the Vietnam War--body bags tell only part of the story. When Vietnam was behind us, Americans remained separate and unequal. No number of American flags or yellow ribbons can erase this fact.