Immigrants

A couple of years ago, when the Republicans were really trying to generate some racist groundswell, things were reaching a fever pitch when it came to the subject of "illegal immigrants". Everyone knew who they were talking about--generally people who hailed from Mexico, but also from other points mainly in Central America. One guy I knew seemed very upset at the "illegal aliens" and was complaining to me about them, asking me what I thought. This guy is Italian and Catholic and has a Jewish wife, so he should have known better than to buy into that "illegal immigrant" bullcrap.

So I let him have it. Both barrels. Twelve gauge JR Smith double-ought buckshot.

I think he got the message.

The thing is, I don't care about "illegal immigrants". I don't care. If they get health care, so be it. If their children can go to school, then great. If they can make money and buy groceries or even get some welfare, I don't give the first speck of shit. Good for them! As far as I can tell, almost all of them work, and they work hard. They also spend the money they make. If we all end up having to learn to speak Spanish...well, I don't care.

The way I see it (and I know the historical facts), we stole about half the nation of Mexico from them. We suckered them into a war, beat their asses, and took Texas, New Mexico, California, Nevada, Arizona, etc. and etc. We fucking stole it. So if "Mexicans" are coming across the border...well, they're just coming back.

And even if you take the position that Mexico screwed the Native Americans out of their lands the same way the USA did, then I still don't have a problem with claiming that we stole half of Mexico. You know why? Because most people from south of our border are mainly of American Indian descent. They have the blood of the Incas and the Aztecs and the Apache and the Pima and the rest of the great tribes flowing through their veins. So even then, they're just returning.

Welcome home.

Pancho Villa.

Language

You'd be surprised how many "American" idiots are out there. A few years ago I was walking away from a car dealership where I'd delivered the mail. Most of the employees were Hispanic. As I was heading to my vehicle, an "American" salesman who'd been in the office walked by me. "Damn, I'm sick of these people," he said. "Not a damn one of them speaks American!"


A clerk I used to work with (guy named Curtis) was whining about immigrants. "They should all learn to speak American before they're allowed to live here," he said. But he speaks with a powerful accent himself. What he said sounded more like this: "Thay shooood AWL larn tuh SPAKE 'murrkin if they wawn tuh live hyar."

After pointing out to Curtis that he didn't even know the correct name for his own native language, I told him he needed to learn to speak English before he started whining about the ability of others to do so.