tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3219744375035016837.post4710633554328329398..comments2023-06-09T11:43:56.173-04:00Comments on What I Think: Anti-Immigrant Rhetoric as a Vehicle for BigotryGottabeMehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06157022668927522040noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3219744375035016837.post-12637194323491088572008-01-20T23:26:00.000-05:002008-01-20T23:26:00.000-05:00hehehe....Brazilian...and, for the record, I am a ...hehehe....Brazilian...and, for the record, I am a "clean cut, decent" Mexican whose parents came to the States without money or English, but with plenty of desire to succeed; I graduated college and I making better than the average household income on my own my first year out.Adrihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05616053348442226395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3219744375035016837.post-60042813103772174452008-01-18T14:09:00.000-05:002008-01-18T14:09:00.000-05:00Don't know where the commenting "offender" lived, ...Don't know where the commenting "offender" lived, but where I'm living, there are plenty of Mexicans. Where the SO lives is occupied by them even moreso.<BR/><BR/>I don't have a problem with them being here LEGALLY. I think anyone who comes here and wants to enjoy our "food, shelter, education, and safety" should be here through LEGAL means only. I mean, why should we make those coming from Europe immigrate here legally but those from say, Mexico not? They should all have to go through the same processes. Nobody should get a free pass.<BR/><BR/>As for the "language barrier", I know people who were born here and can't speak English. I don't have a problem with accents (I speak Southern myself ;) ) but some of the biggest offenders around my part of the country have been schooled in what I'll only label "thug" or "gangsta". Around this part, they are the same ones who are to blame for crime, teen pregnancy, school truancy, drug traffic, etc.<BR/><BR/>Those are the folks I'm sick of supporting with my tax dollars. Funny, I can't seem to recall the Mexicans here being anything but hard laborers who will live 7 and 8 to a house to get by.Rachelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13760363365659812446noreply@blogger.com