Monday, July 21, 2008

Behind The Hate-Aqui No!

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The 60-year-old attorney—a former domestic relations judge and former Chicago alderman whom everyone calls "Judge"—is using his corner of the world to reform a neighborhood Raymond Figueroa the owner of La Borinquena believes he has to raise consciousness a handwritten sign in the store window describes a program in which the store's owner will give $125 to any person turning over a gun to Chicago's 14th District police. A second sign warns that the N-word is not to be used inside, even jokingly. A third, reads, "Aqui No" or "Not Here," inviting readers to think of activities—such as gang affiliation or drug use—that will not be tolerated in this neighborhood

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