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Students play a major role at historic Latino march on Washington

by Roberto Rodriguez , June 24, 2007

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Gonzales and Garza both said they are bothered by the fact that most discussions of Hopwood focus on the effect on African Americans. when the decision also affects Asians, Native Americans, and Texas's most prominent minority, Mexican Americans. They say Hopwood has caused genuine fear and has united students of color like no other issue before.

 

Terms such as pride, rebirth, renaissance, passion, love and unity were used repeatedly by conferees to describe the way they felt about the two-day event. Veronica Narvaez, a student at the University of Wisconsin-Madison summed it Up: "By this, some people's dreams were fulfilled--and other people's nightmares."

 


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