"The Race"

File this under: "Something new I learned today." Despite Obama smearing anyone else who talks about race - apart from him of course - as racist, it seems there really IS a group called "The Race." Michelle Malkin has a column up at Family Security Matters, and it is an eye-opener:

July 9, 2008 15 Things You Should Know about "The Race" Only in America could critics of a group called "The Race" be labeled racists. Such is the triumph of left-wing identity chauvinists, whose aggressive activists and supine abettors have succeeded in redefining all opposition as "hate." Both Barack Obama and John McCain will speak this week in San Diego at the annual conference of the National Council of La Raza, the Latino organization whose name is Spanish for, yes, "The Race." Can you imagine Obama and McCain paying homage to a group of white people who called themselves that? No matter. The presidential candidates and the media have legitimized "The Race" as a mainstream ethnic lobbying group and marginalized its critics as intolerant bigots. The unvarnished truth is that the group is a radical ethnic nationalist outfit that abuses your tax dollars and milks PC politics to undermine our sovereignty. Here are 15 things you should know about "The Race": 15. "The Race" supports driver's licenses for illegal aliens. 14."The Race" demands in-state tuition discounts for illegal alien students that are not available to law-abiding U.S. citizens and law-abiding legal immigrants. 13. "The Race" vehemently opposes cooperative immigration enforcement efforts between local, state and federal authorities. 12. "The Race" opposes a secure fence on the southern border....

Every American should read the rest of this here.