1. The vast majority of Hispanics/Latinos in the U.S. (75 percent of us) were born and raised here, including many of us who have roots here that predate the arrival of the pilgrims.
2. "Immigrant" is not synonymous with "Latino" and the media should stop pretending they mean the same thing.
3. The CNN analyst who said today "Keep in mind, Latino voters are LEGAL immigrants, not illegal immigrants" should be FIRED for sloppy thinking. MOST LATINOS ARE NOT IMMIGRANTS AT ALL, PINCHE CABRON.
4. Immigrants to contemporary USA come from EVERYWHERE. There are, for instance, 100,000 Nigerians in Houston, and tens of thousands of ILLEGAL Irish in Boston. If this debate is truly about immigration, as opposed to racist portrayals of Latinos, please curb your coverage to be more responsible.
Immigration (and the anti-immigration backlash we're witnessing now) is a topic that strikes close to home for me, being one myself. While she's talking about Latinos specifically, I think this applies to all of us-if one small group can whip up a strawman opponent and create this environment of fear, backed by the government and media, what would stop them from going after anyone else who ticked them off? Homosexuals, liberals, alfalfa farmers, you're all on notice...
Dave Neiwert's blog documents and dissects the far right's nuttery much more eloquently than I ever could.
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