The Browning of America
Boy, if we’re not careful, and if we don’t begin to do something about immigration, we will see the browning of America just keep going and going and going. Hasn’t our country already suffered enough? After all, we have spent over 500 years bleaching America; going from red to white. These color changes can really change a society, if we’re not careful.
If we’re not careful, we will let the browning of America change our opinion about taking care of the elderly. You see, 78 percent of Hispanics actually believe a family should care for an elderly mother or father while only 46 percent of the rest of us believe such a thing.
If we’re not careful, we will see more and more of our society being against abortion as 80 percent of those Hispanics (yes, 80 percent) are actually against abortion while only 57 percent of the rest of us are against it. Wow, we’d just better be careful.
If we’re not careful, we will see more of a focus on our family rather than the great opportunities that capitalism brings to our society. Family first, job second. Can you imagine such a thing? Henry Ford would roll over in his grave. I, for one, am really glad he is not here to see this.
If we’re not careful, we will lose all those jobs that I am sure many of the rest of us want at less than minimum wage, with no insurance and certainly no retirement. There are so many who want to pick that fruit in the hot sun and sacrifice their earning power for the rest of us. If those darn Hispanics just we’re here, I know the lines would be long for those physically demanding jobs.
Oh, speaking of physically demanding jobs, can you imagine the weight problem we are going to begin to have if we can’t do that physical work those darn Hispanics are taking from us? Lack of exercise and the subsequent weight increase will bulge our health care costs, along with our waist lines, that is, if we’re not careful.
And finally, after all, breaking the law is breaking the law. Exceptions should never, ever be tolerated. Our revolutionary forefathers revolted against English law, but that was for a good cause, our freedom (and not the freedom of those Hispanics down south of us). Well, those crazy ancestors of ours, who bought alcohol during prohibition, broke the law and that law changed. But, again, that was for a good caus…oops, just never mind about that. You see, if we’re not careful, breaking the law will actually change the law. The next thing you know, we’ll change the speed limit from “Stay alive at 55” to some unsafe speed limit just because so many people are breaking that law. Oh wait, we’ve already done that. See, I told you so.
Now, with the fun part brought into check, I just hope we can tone down the rhetoric on both sides of this escalating issue. While there are some from Mexico who really do want to take California back, most from Mexico do not. While there are some who do bring in illegal drugs and are even criminals trying to avoid justice in Mexico, most are not. The bottom-line—can’t we please focus more on the most and tone down the rhetoric about the exception to the most.
On the other side of the issue, can’t you work harder for adequate immigration laws and less on demands for immediate acceptance, right now, amnesty and all? Yes, fight to be treated fairly, but accept where you are and your current illegal status and work hard to change it; with a unified voice, not a demanding and often threatening one.
There are those who want to build a wall to hold the Mexicans back at the border. Can’t you just picture a world leader telling our president, maybe twenty or thirty years from now, “Mr. President, tear down that wall”? Yes, I know, the Berlin Wall was to keep people in and this wall is to keep people out. But, for those from Mexico, the effect is the same. HOWEVER, until we solve this problem, our open borders leave us vulnerable in ways that should down right scare the liver out of us. The point is, I hope there is a better way to solve the problem without building a dang wall.
As for health care costs for those who are illegal, the best solution is a job that recognizes their legal status as workers and offers a group health insurance option (and this, of course, applies to all of us, not just immigrants). The key word in that phase is “group” to help keep the costs down. A sick four-year-old child who needs to have an inflamed appendix removed doesn’t care if his parents are legal or not, or if his parents have health insurance or not. We all want a better health care system and let’s hope that includes everyone.
Congress gets close to a resolution, then is appears to fall apart once more, literally one day to the next. The conservatives can warm their hearts just a degree or two—just enough to listen a little closer to the other side, and the liberals can truly address the vulnerability an open border gives us, and health care costs and other social issues associated with immigration, just enough to listen a little more to the other side. Both sides—More listening to truly understand, to truly appreciate and to truly address. I am absolutely sure we will not find the answers until both sides do more listenting and less talking.
Until then, if it ever happens at all, I, for one, look forward to “the browning of America” and the changes in our society that come with it.
If we’re not careful, we will let the browning of America change our opinion about taking care of the elderly. You see, 78 percent of Hispanics actually believe a family should care for an elderly mother or father while only 46 percent of the rest of us believe such a thing.
If we’re not careful, we will see more and more of our society being against abortion as 80 percent of those Hispanics (yes, 80 percent) are actually against abortion while only 57 percent of the rest of us are against it. Wow, we’d just better be careful.
If we’re not careful, we will see more of a focus on our family rather than the great opportunities that capitalism brings to our society. Family first, job second. Can you imagine such a thing? Henry Ford would roll over in his grave. I, for one, am really glad he is not here to see this.
If we’re not careful, we will lose all those jobs that I am sure many of the rest of us want at less than minimum wage, with no insurance and certainly no retirement. There are so many who want to pick that fruit in the hot sun and sacrifice their earning power for the rest of us. If those darn Hispanics just we’re here, I know the lines would be long for those physically demanding jobs.
Oh, speaking of physically demanding jobs, can you imagine the weight problem we are going to begin to have if we can’t do that physical work those darn Hispanics are taking from us? Lack of exercise and the subsequent weight increase will bulge our health care costs, along with our waist lines, that is, if we’re not careful.
And finally, after all, breaking the law is breaking the law. Exceptions should never, ever be tolerated. Our revolutionary forefathers revolted against English law, but that was for a good cause, our freedom (and not the freedom of those Hispanics down south of us). Well, those crazy ancestors of ours, who bought alcohol during prohibition, broke the law and that law changed. But, again, that was for a good caus…oops, just never mind about that. You see, if we’re not careful, breaking the law will actually change the law. The next thing you know, we’ll change the speed limit from “Stay alive at 55” to some unsafe speed limit just because so many people are breaking that law. Oh wait, we’ve already done that. See, I told you so.
Now, with the fun part brought into check, I just hope we can tone down the rhetoric on both sides of this escalating issue. While there are some from Mexico who really do want to take California back, most from Mexico do not. While there are some who do bring in illegal drugs and are even criminals trying to avoid justice in Mexico, most are not. The bottom-line—can’t we please focus more on the most and tone down the rhetoric about the exception to the most.
On the other side of the issue, can’t you work harder for adequate immigration laws and less on demands for immediate acceptance, right now, amnesty and all? Yes, fight to be treated fairly, but accept where you are and your current illegal status and work hard to change it; with a unified voice, not a demanding and often threatening one.
There are those who want to build a wall to hold the Mexicans back at the border. Can’t you just picture a world leader telling our president, maybe twenty or thirty years from now, “Mr. President, tear down that wall”? Yes, I know, the Berlin Wall was to keep people in and this wall is to keep people out. But, for those from Mexico, the effect is the same. HOWEVER, until we solve this problem, our open borders leave us vulnerable in ways that should down right scare the liver out of us. The point is, I hope there is a better way to solve the problem without building a dang wall.
As for health care costs for those who are illegal, the best solution is a job that recognizes their legal status as workers and offers a group health insurance option (and this, of course, applies to all of us, not just immigrants). The key word in that phase is “group” to help keep the costs down. A sick four-year-old child who needs to have an inflamed appendix removed doesn’t care if his parents are legal or not, or if his parents have health insurance or not. We all want a better health care system and let’s hope that includes everyone.
Congress gets close to a resolution, then is appears to fall apart once more, literally one day to the next. The conservatives can warm their hearts just a degree or two—just enough to listen a little closer to the other side, and the liberals can truly address the vulnerability an open border gives us, and health care costs and other social issues associated with immigration, just enough to listen a little more to the other side. Both sides—More listening to truly understand, to truly appreciate and to truly address. I am absolutely sure we will not find the answers until both sides do more listenting and less talking.
Until then, if it ever happens at all, I, for one, look forward to “the browning of America” and the changes in our society that come with it.
posted by Ron Campbell at 12:50 PM
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I don't disagree with what you say that Hispanics are great “family values” people. I don't even have a problem with them coming in the legal and proper way. What you say, is that it's ok for them to break the law because our founding fathers did way back when. Well it's not. Time has changed. Back then, it was not uncommon for a country to go to war for land. However, our founding fathers went to war for freedoms. If the Hispanics want to go to war for freedoms then it should be a civil war - A fight against their own government for a better way of life. If votes, protests, and standing up for a better way of life aren’t working, then to arms they should go. Just like our founding fathers. Why should we look the other way to them breaking our laws just so they can have a better life when they should be looking in their own house for that better life.
As for them “Taking the jobs we don’t want”… Sorry, but I just happen to have a father-in-law that has worked any job he could to support his family. He worked himself to a point of him now being in a hospital bed with no knee and a back that is almost gone. His jobs include digging potatoes out of a field for $75 a week about 23 years ago… That would be in 1983 in case you are wondering, and that was NOT good wages for even 1970. But he was willing… and I think you will find that there are people willing to do that job. And they don’t have to be illegal immigrants to be willing to work hard. No, you’re correct, the lines would not be long for those jobs. But maybe then, the farmers would pay a little more. But then a shallow minded liberal might say “but then prices would go up”. Look at it this way… If a farmer were to pay a field worker $8 an hour instead of $5.25 an hour, the field worker is going to put more into the community because he will have more to put in. It balances out. By the way Dad, I still like the article, it made me think…
I've had a 2nd thought... Your clearly well thought out comments has made me change my mind on this. I think I agree with you now. As you know... I have 8 kids and have a really hard time making ends meet... I need a better way of life. I think I’ll follow in the footsteps of our founding fathers and break the law to make a better way of life. After all, you say it’s ok. Then when I go to prison for 10 to life for aggravated armed robbery, you oh so smart and logical thinking liberals can work oh so hard to pass laws to make it ok for us poor helpless “can’t make ends meet” fathers to be able to commit aggravated armed robbery and get away with it. In fact, we can pass laws to make each person that commits this crime to walk away with free medical, free dental, free food stamps, and hey, I need a new family car because mine is falling apart. So either we can pass laws to get it for me for free or I can just go commit grand theft auto and insist on laws to be passed for that to be OK too!!!! I think I like this idea of being a liberal. You see I have medical insurance, but when my daughter got hit by a car it still cost me about $800 in medical. WHY??? I should just break laws instead. Another daughter had two MASSIVE seizures that NEARLY took her life, another $800. I think I’ll just take up citizenship in Mexico, denounce my US citizenship and then illegally come over here for you (wait…us) liberals to pass laws to make it so I can get this all for FREE! Wow Dad!!! Where do I sign up for this liberal thinking… I think I REALLY like it! Should I feel bad that our religion asks that we follow the laws of our land??? No, after all, it’s to better my life, and after all, our founding fathers did it.
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