"steve sullivan" wrote in message
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Please explain how immigration reform is racist? If you are from mexico
and have a green card and are working legally, great.

Its not. In all deference to friends who disagree . . . . the fact that they
jump to the race card right away, in my experience co-insides with ignorance
of the issue. Its right up there with the bull**** that immigrants don't
cost the society. Anyone who has worked in a few social service/jobs,
welfare or human resource development programs knows better. This whole
area is a blind spot for libs, just like some of the asinine blind spots in
the "conservative" mentality. Interestingly many right-wingers of the
"pro-oligarchy" mode also favor PRO-SLAVE-IMMIGRATION POLICIES.

One thing I've noticed with my lib friends . . . for all their quickness in
jumping to the race card on these issues: if we are in a minority-heavy
situation, they often get weird, stop looking service people in the eye, get
freaky about the food, and persnickety about "service", or even talking to
people. Then afterward they get all preachy. Not all of them, but its
occurred enough for me to notice, particularly in Latino environments and
inner city Afro-American environments. And Im talking here about libs who
were often in social policy or employment situations. Sorry libs, but just
blabbing some outdated 1970ish crap doesn't cut it. Its just a different
side of the same crap from the Right.

Like a lot of things, immigration issues and immigration reform are a lot
more nuanced than simple-minded ideological thinking and slogan shouting can
deal with. Having now probably offended everyone I remain . . .

Dave
Ideology Sucks.