Just in case you still doubt that Arizona’s new authoritarian police law (aka SB 1070) was racially motivated:

Via Imagine 2050:

The anti-immigrant law just signed into effect in Arizona was introduced by Arizona Republican Russell Pearce (shown here hugging a neo-nazi) and written by the Federation for American Immigration Reform (a designated hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center).

Read more here.

Update: Here’s a segment that appeared on Rachel Maddow on this topic.