Monday, May 15, 2006

As per the Rational of anti raw labor movement & immigration reform agitators....
Posted on May 15, 2006 at 06:55:18 PM
by
Jaime Kenedeno

"and the like" trying to stir the pot of hate in a continual DO loop. One radio talk artist this afternoon referred to then and now. He said, at one time we had vast acres of open emptiness, (with a need to be occupied) else, another country would squat and possess the land. Now it is different he says now we are full and we dont want no more immigrants coming over the river. This is the same way of natural migration (to and fro) that used to be legal. Now this same method of immigrating across the Rio Grande is illegal. The problem is the Corporate & The Country's economy will suffer if there are no "illegal" (undocumented) workers. Will the prices go up if this pool of raw labor evaporates? Prices of what? Tomatoes? Produce?? Taquitos? Chinese Food?? He speaks as if they are a nuisance as does many a hater. In the same breath the economically ignorant want to put a WALL or Minute Men and now the National Guard. The is a waste of money and injurious to our Nations Economy. This is a Politicians Game of Divide & Conquer. A nuisance? Like Pests? Like Sugar Ants maybe, as the hater whines of the multitudes of human beings crossing the river daily("illegally" ? Why do Sugar Ants migrate and eventually reach their destination? A Sugar Ant migrates to the sugar. Just like a river will always run it's course and eventually makes another path when impeded. Reason will tell the haters, the source of their troubles is not the natural plight of the ants but rather the natural sustinence of the sugar ant which is sugar. To take away the natural sustinence of the undocumented worker is to take away the opportunities that are YANQUIED by our Corporate Elite. Put every one of them in JAIL! Not the ANTS but the Sugar Providers (EMPLOYERS). Fine the crap out of them. Then we will see that we need these little people in parable;..... the ANTS.

1 comment:

Jaime Kenedeño said...

Race, and other issues
by LithiumCola [Subscribe]
Wed May 17, 2006 at 11:50:54 PM PDT
Where to begin.

Armando asked us to talk about race. Here is my attempt.

This is going to be a ramble.

LithiumCola's diary :: ::
Interesting story: about 10 years ago, I was living in Manhattan. One night, I was watching TV, and JEOPARDY was on. It was an "International Championship." There was a woman from America, a man from Finland, and a man from . . . I think . . . Germany.

I rooted for the home team, the American.

She won, and I was happy. Yeah! It was only then that I noticed that she was black. It just kind of occured to me. I was rooting for my fellow American, and I only later noticed that she was black.

I grew up in a VERY racist town. My home-town was the Ohio hub of the KKK. The local realtors -- I am not making this up -- had a secret committee to prohibit African Americans from buying homes in my hometown.

For that reason, when I first met an African-American (I was about 8) I wasn't sure what to say to him. I wasn't afraid, just kind of nervous.

We played basketball, little kids trying to shoot at an impossibly tall hoop. He laughed at me and himself, and I liked him.

What struck me the most, as a kid, was this: why is this friend of mine so unusual?

I didn't really understand "race". My parents are decent people. In fact, my father . . . who is a relatively wealthy man . . . used his own hands to help build an African-American church in my home town. He is endlessly, ashamed that he did not do more in the civil-rights movement. My point here is just I was never taught to be racist.

But, somehow, people that you are not used to . . . take some getting used to. As an 8-year old.

One of my favorite personal essays, by Gerald Early, is titled, "Living with Daughters." Mr. Early is African-American, and part of the essay is about trying to understand why women struggle with the question of whether or not to straighten their hair.

White women have straight hair (usually). Mr. Early's wife, and his daughters, have "kinky" hair. And it bothers him that it bothers them. The essay is incredibly complicated, as he traces the whys and wherefores of straightening hair. I had no idea that race could matter that much, or be that frustrating.

About three years ago, I was living in Vegas, and my best friend there was Hispanic. He knew Chinease, and Spanish, and English. He was a shop-worker where I was an Office Manager.

One day, I asked him where he was from. (Only a total idiot would assume he was Mexican.)

He said, "Guatemala".

My reaction was immediate. I felt like crying. "You're from Guatemala?????"

He told me about growing up around corpses. Bombs. Death. He was surprised I knew anything about it.

I shrugged, embaressed. "I read stuff."

Look . . .you want to know what I think about race? I couldn't give a rat's ass.

It's exactly the same with sexuality. Four (out of perhaps six) of the best people I have ever met are queer. Do you think I care? Answer: yes. I'm happy for them. They are in loving relationships. (By the way, two of them are amazingly beautiful women. I remember plenty of times hanging out with them and every male eye in the restaurant was fixated. My friends thought it was cute.)

Why on God's green Earth would I care about any of this? Why would you? We all grow up. Sure, we're raised in certain environments. Maybe we don't see much of the world, as kids. But we grow up.

What do I think about race? I think it sucks. I hate that anyone has to even think about it. I hate that I don't, usually.

I'm not even sure what I do think. I would rather let you tell me.


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