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Legendary labor leader, Dolores Huerta, gave the commencement address at CSUB this week, and was treated rudely by some of the parents. Her words were a breath of fresh air in this backward airhead city, and it's too bad that these people couldn't listen.

Dolores has spent her whole life working for social justice in our state. She is a co-founder, with Cesar Chavez, of the United Farmworkers Organization, and organized the first big grape boycot. She has worked tirelessly for farmworkers rights, minimum wage and gender equality. She has been arrested 22 times for protesting and had her spleen removed after being severely beaten by police in San Francisco. She's a recipient of an honorary degree from Princeton University, the Community of Christ International Peace Award, and the 2009 UCLA Medal. She is the president of the Dolores Huerta Foundation, which works for equality in health care, housing, education and jobs. Bakersfield should have been proud to listen to her. The people who booed her disgraced themselves and their city.

I'm putting up a video of her CSUB speech, and one from her address at UCLA. Compare and contrast The people at UCLA treated her with love and respect. The Bakersfield video is marred by smarmy comments added by the ignorant conservative who posted it. The comments are educational in that they illustrate the airhead viewpoint of the knee-jerk conservatism that continues to hold this community back.

Thank you, Dolores, your words needed to be heard here, and were very much appreciated by many of us.

peace.....