tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5548695401579410439.post7062835624644872806..comments2024-01-04T07:05:27.381-06:00Comments on Immigration Talk with a Mexican American: America For America - Vote 2012Deehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09583438645860375661noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5548695401579410439.post-76069783965928758612012-06-05T19:17:59.365-05:002012-06-05T19:17:59.365-05:00Ultima,
You and your crowd of White Supremists wil...Ultima,<br />You and your crowd of White Supremists will never understand WE THE PEOPLE.<br />We believe in the American Dream.<br />We believe ALL people are created Equal.<br />WE believe the the right wing extremists, teapartiers and Birthers are truly demented and do NOT represent WE THE PEOPLE.<br />We believe WE ARE a Land of Immigrants embracing ALL that YEARN to Breathe Free!Deehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09583438645860375661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5548695401579410439.post-48665010279584334732012-06-02T18:33:46.858-05:002012-06-02T18:33:46.858-05:00Unfortunately we already have a good understanding...Unfortunately we already have a good understanding of what immigrants vote for: more immigration and more government largess. Bankrupt California is simply a microcosm of what we can expect for the rest of the country if the fellow travelers of illegal aliens and immigrants have their way.<br /><br />With our counry itself on the verge of bankruptcy, who needs that?ultimahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13624967903736347171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5548695401579410439.post-57812700164405054372012-06-02T18:29:41.687-05:002012-06-02T18:29:41.687-05:00The illegal alien and legal immigrant experience i...The illegal alien and legal immigrant experience is hardly well-understood. If it was they would realize by supporting the present level of immigration of both kinds is well on its way to killing the goose that laid the golden egg. The more there are of us the less there will be for each of us. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to understand that but that lesson seems to be lost on the illegals and immigrants.ultimahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13624967903736347171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5548695401579410439.post-70046460353661735092012-06-02T12:32:31.377-05:002012-06-02T12:32:31.377-05:00Racist Anti-ethnic studies initiative in Arizona :...Racist Anti-ethnic studies initiative in Arizona : Anti-intellectualism is taking over AZ - Thousands of academic book bannings, firings of teachers, growing disregard for scholarship - Medieval Witch Hunt in AZ - Racism and Brutality in Arizona. Possible contagion to other States - Topmost in Intellectual Backwardness<br /><br /><br /><br />British "Guardian" Newspaper<br />Anti-intellectualism is taking over the US<br />The rise in academic book bannings and firings is compounded by the US's growing disregard for scholarship itself<br />By Patricia Williams<br />May 18, 2012 <br /><br />http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/may/18/anti-intellectualism-us-book-banning?fb=native&CMP=FBCNETTXT9038<br /><br /><br /><br />Some excerpts :<br /><br />Recently, I found out that my work is mentioned in a book that has been banned, in effect, from the schools in Tucson, Arizona. The anti-ethnic studies law passed by the state prohibits teachings that "promote the overthrow of the United States government," "promote resentment toward a race or class of people," "are designed primarily for pupils of a particular ethnic group," and/or "advocate ethnic solidarity instead of the treatment of pupils as individuals." I invite you to read the book in question, titled Critical Race Theory: An Introduction, so that you can decide for yourselves whether it qualifies.<br /><br />In fact, I invite you to take on as your summer reading the astonishingly lengthy list of books that have been removed from the Tucson public school system as part of this wholesale elimination of the Mexican-American studies curriculum. The authors and editors include Isabel Allende, Junot Díaz, Jonathan Kozol, Rudolfo Anaya, bell hooks, Sandra Cisneros, James Baldwin, Howard Zinn, Rodolfo Acuña, Ronald Takaki, Jerome Skolnick and Gloria Anzaldúa. Even Thoreau's Civil Disobedience and Shakespeare's The Tempest received the hatchet.<br /><br />Trying to explain what was offensive enough to warrant killing the entire curriculum and firing its director, Tucson school board member Michael Hicks stated rather proudly that he was not actually familiar with the curriculum. "I chose not to go to any of their classes," he told Al Madrigal on The Daily Show. "Why even go?" In the same interview, he referred to Rosa Parks as "Rosa Clark."<br /><br />**********************<br /><br />Happily, there is pushback occurring against such anti-intellectualism. One of the most vibrant examples is a protest group called Librotraficante, or Book Trafficker. Organised by Tony Diaz, a Houston Community College professor, the group has been caravanning throughout the south-west holding readings, setting up book clubs, establishing "underground libraries," and dispensing donated copies of the books that have been removed from Arizona's public school curriculum. You can donate by visiting librotraficante.com.<br /><br />***********************Defensores de Democraciahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01990488344886411353noreply@blogger.com