Maybe I'm the voice of dissent. People seek out this country because of the opportunity. What bothers me about the discussion is that if there were illegal immigrants from France, or Russia, there wouldn't be a discussion about it. They would be able to come in and assimilate. But for people of a darker hue, everywhere the obstacles are greater, the racism is more apparent. Listening to NPR yesterday, the report said that there were children at the march, people peacefully protesting for their rights. Does this sound familiar at all?
It seems to me that the African American community is being pitted against the Latino community. What better way to keep low income/middle income people from talking about class related issues than to make them squabble over immigration issues. Normally, politicians don't care about low income blacks and their access to health care and schools. But now, some politicians are so concerned with the downtrodden black man because those are day laboring jobs now being taken by the undocumented aliens from Central America. Give me a break!
The issue is becoming politicized much like the gay marriage issue(another thread) to encourage blacks to fight against other ethnic and sexual orientation groups. This country typically could give a damn what happens to black America except when they need someone to fight against someone else.
Honestly, I'm a little jealous of the ability of immigrants to stand together regardless of country of nationality and fight against the legislation. It would be nice if the Black community could unite together with issues that bring people together not tear them apart.
Yall got me typing fast and breathin hard over here.
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