Latino man denied burial at “whites only” cemetery in Texas

*Of course, Texas. I thought the era of this kind of nonsense was gone. There are still a few cemeteries in Texas with fences across them to separate whites from non-whites. Any wonder the state went all-out for Trump and Cruz? VL

By Cristina Arreola, Latina (1 minute read)

Welcome to 2016: A cemetery in South Texas has denied a woman’s request to bury her husband there. Why? Because he’s Latino.

The cemetery in Normanna, Texas, says its policy does not allow any Hispanic or black person to be buried there. KIIITV in South Texas investigated the story, and spoke to Donna Barrera, the widow of the deceased man. “I love my husband with all my heart,” she said of her husband, Pedro.

Barrera says she asked the owner of San Domingo Cemetery (yep, Spanish name!) if she could bury her husband on its ground.

“He wasn’t supposed to be buried there, because he’s a Mexican . . .

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