Captain, I share your feelings on a very personal level. My home state of North Carolina had a 300% increase in its Hispanic population as of the 2000 census. I expect that when all the 2010 numbers are in there will be another substantial increase. As the Hispanic population has increased, so has the bigotry against them. What I was not prepared for and still cannot fathom is the strength of African-American prejudice against Hispanics. Far too many of my people make the same bigoted commentary and enact the same disgraceful racism against Hispanics that we ourselves have suffered. For years, there has been a coalition of Blacks and Hispanics working together to combat this divide so all is not hopeless but I feel shame and frustration that such bias even exists. Being oppressed does not teach one to refrain from becoming an oppressor. This is one of the most dificult [sic] truths that I have had to face. It fills me with despair. If those who have sufferd [sic] the lash are willing to become wielders of the lash, then what hope is there for humankind?Blacks vote Democrat overwhelming, ergo, Democrats as "wielders of the lash"? Oh, the humanity!
I wonder if Fogg banned this lady yet? There are serious consequences for breaking the narrative over there (that poor soul is headed to the camps!!).
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It's a well know secret that blanks don't like hispanics, esp. illegal immigrants.
One of the unfortunate aspects of being a human being is that a number of human beings will discriminate against other groups depending on race, ethnicity et al. Blacks have been especially hard on Asians, Hispanics or any group seen as a threat to their economic viability.
Sadly this is what happens when we act and see ourselves as groups instead of individuals. To say that one cannot discriminate because one does not have power is the same as saying one cannot commit crimes for the same reasons. It makes no sense. Of course discrimination against a group does nothing either for what could be your greatest ally and friend. Many times that ally or friend will most likely be someone from a group that you are not a member. NOTE:One of my first mentors was a Black man who taught me more about life and my chosen profession than I could have ever know otherwise. He was like a father to me.
It is why the Framers of the Constitution spent so much time emphasizing the Individual and not groups. Along that line one cannot solve racism by replacing it with another form of racism. That would be true for any of the "isms." One needs to recognize that the ending of discrimination of this sort starts and ends with the individual.
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