by erwin » Fri Dec 16, 2011 2:21 am
Racism, pure and simple. I was born and raised in So. Cal and there have been latinos here since before English speaking whites. Mexican Indians call this land Astlan, the land where their ancestors came from. But with more white people moving here from places like the midwest and other areas where they have not lived with spanish speakers, they are changing the culture and trying to make it look as though Mexicans do not belong here, when it is actually the other way around.
Essentially these people who move here are afraid of Latinos because they do not understand the culture or speak the language...also, the majority of Latinos that move here are from the lower income brackets of Latin American countries and so tend to be uneducated and have a hard time learning the language and adapting to our culture, however their children are just as American as anyone else born here and get jobs as doctors and politicians, etc.
This is the same thing the Irish, Germans, and Chinese went through when they came to this country and it all has to do with fear and racism. What really irritates me is that this country is supposed to be about freedom and fairness but here we are, embracing and idolizing some peoples cultures and trashing and hating others. How hypocritical. I don't see anyone bitching about all of the Asian or Middle Eastern or East Indian or (other) people who move here, because that is not P.C. (politically correct) but it seems to be just fine to trash Mexican's. It makes me sick, especially since these are the guys who get out there and work in the blazing sun picking our fruit and vegetables and doing all the other work in this country that everyone else feels they are too good to do. And don't try to tell me that they are stealing jobs from people...I dont see and white or black people out there picking oranges. Some of these guys live under trees they make so little money, but they still came because this country symbolizes hope and freedom.
What does it say on the Statue of Liberty? oh yeah: Give us your tired, your poor, your downtrodden. Yeah...right. Oh, by the way, I'm white, blonde, blue eyed and I speak spanish.