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TexasTowelie

(112,252 posts) Sat Aug 6, 2016, 11:26 AM Aug 2016

Federal court ruling: Refusal to bury Hispanic in all-white cemetery was discriminatory

NORMANNA – The lawsuit filed against the Normanna Cemetery Association has been settled with the association agreeing not to refuse burial of anyone based on ethnicity or race.

The lawsuit, settled recently in the Southern District of Texas federal courtroom in Corpus Christi, was filed by the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund on behalf of the GI Forum in April after Dorothy Barrera said the caretaker of the cemetery turned her away from the San Domingo Cemetery because her husband was Hispanic.

The incident has been called a misunderstanding by the board.

According to previous reports, the association has no written policy against burying Hispanics in the cemetery despite none being in the cemetery to date.

Read more: http://mysoutex.com/view/full_story_bee/27241781/article-Federal-court-ruling--Refusal-to-bury-Hispanic-was-discriminatory?instance=beeville_news_lead_story

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Federal court ruling: Refusal to bury Hispanic in all-white cemetery was discriminatory (Original Post) TexasTowelie Aug 2016 OP

There was no misunderstanding. The cemetery owner admitted it was "whites only". procon Aug 2016 #1

Racist/Bigoted even in death. Hoyt Aug 2016 #2

Well, duh. SusanCalvin Aug 2016 #3

I thought it might help to place the location a bit better TexasTowelie Aug 2016 #4

You perform a valuable service here. SusanCalvin Aug 2016 #5

procon

(15,805 posts)

1. There was no misunderstanding. The cemetery owner admitted it was "whites only".

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Sat Aug 6, 2016, 12:08 PM

Aug 2016

Other articles have more information, but despite laws prohibiting discrimination, the cemetery had been "whites only" for over 100 years. The irony of a cemetery with the Spanish name of San Domingo refusing to allow anyone with an Hispanic name to be buried there evidently went unnoticed until this widow spoke out. The owner even told her to “go up the road and bury her husband "with the n------ and Mexicans”. And even after the court ruling, the cemetery owner still has not buried the ashes.

There's some serious hate in that town.

Hoyt

(54,770 posts)

2. Racist/Bigoted even in death.

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Sat Aug 6, 2016, 12:21 PM

Aug 2016

SusanCalvin

(6,592 posts)

3. Well, duh.

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Sat Aug 6, 2016, 09:13 PM

Aug 2016

Thanks for the neat map.

TexasTowelie

(112,252 posts)

4. I thought it might help to place the location a bit better

Reply to SusanCalvin (Reply #3)

Sat Aug 6, 2016, 09:22 PM

Aug 2016

since I doubt that many people know where Normanna (pop. 113, 2010 census) is located. I grew up in the county to the west of there so Normanna was about 40 miles away.

SusanCalvin

(6,592 posts)

5. You perform a valuable service here.

Reply to TexasTowelie (Reply #4)

Sat Aug 6, 2016, 09:40 PM

Aug 2016

Maybe I'll meet you IRL someday, when I have nothing to potentially lose thereby. (Doubtful, since I hope to keep working until I drop in the harness.)

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