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Originally Posted by sigmadiva
There are two problems I have with the article:
1. I thought the bill was to prevent illegal immigration. The writer states that the bill is anti-immigration.
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The bill is widely called the Arizona Anti-Immigration Bill. It may be more accurate to call it an anti-illegal immigration bill, but it's not outside the national conversation for the author to use such terminology in this article.
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2. He makes this assumption that [American Blacks] should support the protest of the AZ bill since Afro-Caribbeans would be affected too. In a very short-sighted way, I don't see why American Blacks should be out front protesting. The AZ immigration issue is not 'our' fight.
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Perhaps because he wasn't speaking to "me," I had a different take. What I got from the article was that the author was saying
everyone should be concerned. Then, he spoke out of his own experience (i.e. a person with Afro-Caribbean ties).
While I understand and appreciate what boycotters are trying to do, on the other hand, why punish the business owners who do not support the bill? I think it would have been a great move for Alpha Phi Alpha (among others) to have found an Arizona-based business that was vocal about opposing the bill and then given that person/company all their business.