TEXAS FINALLY ACKNOWLEDGES RANGERS KILLED HUNDREDS OF LATINOS

[Xipe Totec]

A new exhibit in Austin, Texas examines a little-known chapter in the state's history, a time when Texas Rangers and white, civilian vigilantes massacred hundreds—if not thousands—of Mexican Americans or Tejanos between 1915 and 1919 in what historians have called some of the worst state-sanctioned racial violence in the U.S.

The exhibit, called “Life and Death on the Border 1910-1920,” opened January 21 at the Bullock Texas State History Museum thanks to a group of college professors and community members working together through a project called "Refusing To Forget." It will run through April 3, 2016.

The exhibit marks the first time a state entity has publicly acknowledged the role Texas played in sanctioned violence so pervasive that scholars behind "Refusing To Forget" say it prompted a struggle for justice and civil rights that continues to shape relationships in Texas today. “A public dialogue on this period of violence is timely and necessary to appropriately reflect on the lasting consequences of this period,” its website says.

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http://www.latina.com/lifestyle/our-issues/texas-rangers-kill-latinos

[annabanana]

1. Yet ANOTHER chapter our history books "forgot"..

You can't fix it if you don't own up to it.

[Judi Lynn]

2. Hope this will create much deeper understanding of what has really happened.

“Through weeks of testimony, witnesses to Ranger atrocities told their stories,” the El Paso Times says, “The tales were deemed so explosive that the Legislature refused to publish transcripts until the 1970s, but now they’ve been digitized and two volumes are available online.”

Another application of genocide for personal gain, allowing white people to have anyone killed they didn't want around, and any property to be taken without recourse.

Old, old story, long time buried.

Thank you.