New Breakthrough Project president Patty Radotic vows to tear down barriers

Posted: Friday, January 13, 2012 12:00 am | Updated: 7:00 am, Fri Jan 13, 2012.

Patty Radotic's daughter was student body vice president at Tokay High School when two Lodi men burned a 3-foot-high wooden cross in front of the school administration building on Jan. 20, 1998.

The incident took place shortly before Tokay was about to conduct a diversity celebration.

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Darrell Baumbach posted at 3:28 pm on Fri, Jan 13, 2012.

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When they visit Lodi and we go to a restaurant, it is very uneasy," Radotic said. "You can notice that they don't approve of biracial couples. I think that's what it is. You can tell there's a judgment there."
I guess you have never met me... if I saw you and your husband in a restaurant, the thought would not cross my mind about your race differences. I have been biracially married for over 24 years in Lodi and have not noticed any kind of problem... I think you are mistaken.
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