I have been the victim of racial profiling. Yup, me.
I guess when you mark "American Indian (not Alaskan Native)" on your race/ethnicity card, people just assume that you are good at stuff. That's right, I've been offered three or four state and federal jobs now. I've been offered scholarship money. I've been informed that I automatically qualify for government commodities (you know, that government cheese and canned pork).
I feel so dirty...
Anyway, these illegal immigrants that ICE has picked up are raising hell about racial profiling. They say that just because their skin is brown and they don't speak English that they were unfairly picked up and deported by ICE. Never mind that they had forged work papers and were here illegally, right? A group of Hispanic lawyers in Los Angeles and other areas are accusing the INS and ICE of racial discrimination.
Apparently these lawyers have been taking a lesson in Palestinian logic (you see, it doesn't make sense...oh, nevermind). Of course the INS and ICE are making determinations based on race! It ain't exactly 6ft tall blue-eyed and blonde-haired people sneaking across our border from Mexico! I bet when they are looking for Canadians, its a bit harder. It also helps when someone yells "La Immigra!" and folks take off running. The people running, those are the guys we're after. Does that mean that INS is discriminating against athletes?
I am so disgusted with the cries of racism in this country. Stupid people with small minds may hate one another based on skin color, but a great many of us have evolved past that point. If you want to talk about a reason to be suspicious of a particular ethnic group, then lets look at a few things...
What culture is most likely to live 8 to 10 persons to a household? What culture is least likely to learn English, even when here legally? What culture is most likely to take the side of illegal immigrants even if they themselves have lived here for generations? What culture comes to mind when I say illegal immigrant?
This is not racism, it is logic. If you are waving a Mexican flag and speaking Spanish, is it unreasonable of me to assume that you are a Mexican national? If you avoid authorities and go by the name "Bob" on first shift and "Sam" on second shift at the same factory, might I assume that you have false indentification?
If I run around in circles screaming, and you see smoke coming out of my pants, and I am begging for water, is it rediculous to assume that my ass is on fire?
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Really, America?...
2 comments:
the only reason the issue of race is brought up is to silence the opposition by either discrediting them for resembling hate groups, or shut them up completely. my argument is as such: I hate murderers, rapists, and theives because they break the law. I hate illegal immigrants because they break the law. It is not mine, nor anyone elses fault that 97% of illegal immigrants are of a different skin color.
I think that hate is too strong a word. I feel sympathy for a man or woman who has to leave their home to try to survive. I have my own children to think about however, and as much as I would love to help the whole world, I believe that is the place of Mexicans to fix Mexico. As for the criminals who sneak across the border, I have a feeling that they will be surprised next time they try to intimidate the US Army.
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