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Originally posted by ktsnake
Is any of it untrue?
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It is not whether it is true or untrue, its hurtful period. What happens it all that was written about your people? Wouldn't you be hurt?
I live on a border city too....San Diego is NOT the ONLY border city, so to just say "well it happens in San Diego" is stupid. So what? The police here in the US are corrupt also, so to say that Mexico doesn't treat people like humans IS hurtful.
I guess it is because my area is probably completely different than your area. In my city, you can't get a job without being at least a little bilingual....its just a way of life here. So to here people say something to the effect of "they can at least learn English" is foreign. People here don't complain about bilingual speakers, and yes it is a little hurtful. I'm not saying that it is wrong to think that--I also think that they should learn English, but dang be a little more tolerant. What is wrong with asking for a doctor/nurse who speaks Spanish also? Again, I guess its different in different areas of the country, so i can't say that it isn't a big deal, when in another area it might be.
All I know is that through all this stuff, we are being treated differently. I got a call from my cousin (who lives in Colorado) and she's been saying that her family have been treatly awful! All of our family are NOT undocumented, we are all natural-born citizens of the U.S., but to some people that isn't good enough. She's told me that her school has already made her prove that her and her brother are U.S. citizens, and anywhere they go they are treated differently. They do speak Spanish to each other (even though they are all fluent in English) and whenever they speak Spanish...like in a restaurant or something...they either get dirty looks, or they are asked to either MOVE to a different area, or they are told to leave the restaurant. Why are people treating them that way, they are U.S. citizens, is it because they speak Spanish---that now people are being given the benefit of the doubt? What now if someone speaks Spanish they are automatically designated as a undocumented immigrant? That's sad, especially because my cousin's dad (who is also my cousin) is part of the Air force, and so there is rarely a time where he is out of his uniform.
I dont' know, I guess its something that I wont understand for a while, but it still hurts.
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