I sent this letter to the editor-no idea if it will be published but it is about as concise as I will ever be.
Why is it, when illegal immigration comes up, it is only the Hispanic community that calls racism. I don’t hear the Asian, African or European communities of today expressing the same sentiment. Maybe it is because they, like so many of our ancestors, can’t just walk across the border to get here. On both sides of my family, my relatives sold everything to take a ship halfway around the world. Once they got here, they had to passed a medical exam and prove they had a place to live. My husband’s family had the same story only the added bonus of living in a refuge camp for two years prior. Nobody is denying that this country was been built by immigrants. No one is saying we won’t take new immigrants. We just want everyone to play by the same rules-the law.
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You raise a great point. I think a lot of folks jump on the badwagon for a cause just because someone down the street doesn't like it. You, obviously, have thought it out better than most people.
by the way, you've been meme'd...
see this blog post; have fun!
http://erinhallstrom-erickson.blogspot.com/2008/01/all-about-meme.html
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