Race in California Water Wars

It appears that the California race war is not limited to the Chino prison. Aguanomics blog describes one take of California's increasing difficulties in assigning its water resoures. He quote one Paul Rodriguez on the "Latino Water Coalition":

“When I say Latino Water Coalition a lot of you automatically say, ‘Why Latino? Doesn't everyone need water, Paul? Why just you Latinos and as a Caucasian person I take offense to that, why does everything have to be segregated?’ I don't know. I don't know but we're using this. We're using this race card in a positive manner, a cloak. You know everybody's welcome to this. The reason why we call it the Latino Water Coalition [is] because it gives them a pause. ‘Better not attack these Latinos, we don't know.’ If we call it the Caucasian Coalition, you bet they would already be attacking us. Because Caucasians, sadly to say, who is defending you? I am. You know, just to put that to rest, there's no division."

Mr Rodriguez is saying that a racial war is going on in California, assuming that everybody knows that, and he is offering the protection of the Latino race group to the Caucasians, who presumable are weaker and in need of protection.