Civil rights groups protest at Taos hotel
Posted at: 11/14/2009 6:58 PM
By: The Associated Press
TAOS, N.M. (AP) - Members of several civil rights groups protested Saturday in front of a Taos hotel where Hispanic employees have clashed with the new owner.
Whitten Inn owner Larry Whitten forbade employees to speak Spanish and ordered some to Anglicize their Hispanic names when he started making changes at the hotel in July.
Taos officials and organizers say the number of protesters ranged from 60 to 75.
Shirley Reyes is a Taos chapter president for the League of United Latin American Citizens whose son was fired by Whitten.
She says the protesters called for a national boycott of Whitten's hotels.
Taos public relations director Cathy Connelly says the protest was peaceful.
Whitten did not immediately return a phone message left with a hotel employee.
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