WorldNetDaily

California Lt. Gov. Cruz Bustamante refused today to disassociate himself from a Hispanic group critics say is as racist as the Ku Klux Klan.

Bustamante joined the organization during his college days at Fresno State University in the 1970s. The group, which has college chapters on 300 campuses – 100 in California alone – has adopted as its motto, " for the race, everything. For those outside the race, nothing."

MEChA specifically encourages its Chicano and Chicana members to put "raza," or their race, above all others. And, the group promotes the liberation of "Atzlan," which includes a major portion of the U.S. Southwest, which Mechistas believe was stolen from Mexico by the United States.