Your thoughts on yet another protest for ILLEGAL immigration
Update:ÂÂ
Reader “Ty” brings up an interesting point.
“I think that any black person who needs a job should show up at the business’ that will be affected by the boycott with there birth certificate and social security card in hand and get a job. Maybe this will be a chance for us to get ahead.”ÂÂ
This should be a great opportunity for ANYONE who is unemployed and are currently looking for work. If you are legal, your opportunities for employment will be great on May 1st. Just make sure that the job pays at the current market rate. If not, you still have some leverage because you can easily sell yourself as an employee that won’t WALK OUT when you are scheduled to work.
Just a thought.
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As you may know by now, protests are scheduled to take place around the country as a walk-out to demonstrate the economic power ILLEGALS bring to this country.
My quick take: If the American economy can rebound from 9/11, a walk-out will not even be a drop in the bucket. Suggestion–if ILLEGALS want to show their economic imapact, stay off of ALL FORMS OF GOVERNMENT ASSISTANCE FOR ONE WEEK.
The Spanish version of the national anthem (My take): Another very bad PR move. To my knowledge, there are no English versions of any national anthems of South American countries. Any notions to do so would be interpreted as American aggression. Wanna create more anger towards ILLEGALS that DEMAND citizenship? This is the best way to do it.
April 28th, 2006 at 12:37 pm
These guys are sorely in need of a PR firm.
“Buy nothing Gringo” is a great slogan. Let’s see how this stupidity works out for them.
And in addition to the fact that the ‘new’ anthem is in Spanish…they (those people?) have changed the words to reflect how screwed our country is. Most of my Latino friends are as PO’d about both of these issues as I am.
Viva la Mexico! Why aren’t they protesting against Vincente Fox??
April 28th, 2006 at 1:00 pm
I’m not a patriotic or nationalistic person, but the national anthem in Spanish sounds like a very, very, bad idea even to me…However,I do wish that I had the movie rights to the song in question…
April 28th, 2006 at 3:42 pm
I think that any black person who needs a job should show up at the business’ that will be affected by the boycott with there birth certificate and social security card in hand and get a job. Maybe this will be a chance for us to get ahead.
April 28th, 2006 at 3:49 pm
Ty -
You ARE da man!!!
What a great idea!
April 28th, 2006 at 5:50 pm
I want to know when the blow back will happen.
A major rally preceded by a modified national anthem?
April 28th, 2006 at 7:24 pm
Out here in LA?
I think it will begin when folks have to add an extra hour to get home or to work because of the protests. I’m avoiding the city at all cost over the next few days. It was crazy the last two times.
April 29th, 2006 at 3:29 am
I’ll observe this one from an easy chair.
There has been no - or little - violence and looting during the last rallies.
Surely they must have learned SOMETHING from NBA championships and demonstrations against racism. It’s a lot more fun to go home with a new TV.
Meanwhile, any demonstration about Darfur will be overshadowed by this and will be covered on page 8 below the fold.
Let’s see which rally out heroes in the CBC attend.
April 29th, 2006 at 7:31 am
I still sense this survivalist fear in our reactions to this situation. Man whether or not they are invited in or swim or whatever. BLACKS STILL HAVE THE SAME RESPOSIBILITY TO EDUCATE OURSELVES AND GET OFF OUR ASSES AND COMPETE. IM TIRED OF ALL THE WHINING ON THIS ISSUE AND IUNDERSTAND THE NEGATIVE CRIME IMPACT THIS COULD HAVE BUT I JUST DON’T SEE THIS AS A THREAT TO OUR SURVIVAL. GET GET OUT GET SOMETHIN’
April 29th, 2006 at 7:32 am
*RESPONSIBILITY
*GET UP GET OUT GET SOMETHIN’
April 29th, 2006 at 7:36 am
And we talk so bad about another minority tha will move minorities into majority rule. It has already happened in Texas we represent over 50 percent of the popuolous here. We need mobilization of the minority vote and try to get our leaders into these high posts. Well you can say illegals can’t vote but I think this process is about legalization.
April 29th, 2006 at 7:38 am
Our attention should be turned to Darfur where more of our people are dying from forced genocide and even over here where gangs are becoming inbred terrorists. At this point immigration is the least of our worries.
April 29th, 2006 at 10:50 am
“GET UP GET OUT GET SOMETHIN’ “.
Yo Brian, you need a new TV?
I wish we could get Ty’s brilliant idea out to the folks who need a job.
April 30th, 2006 at 6:39 pm
I say let them boycot and pay African Americans fair wages. Just as someone siad earlier.
May 3rd, 2006 at 11:11 am
I wholeheartedly agree!
May 5th, 2006 at 9:01 pm
Hypothetically speaking of course; let’s say that the government decides to pave a road to legalization for the 11+ million illegal “ALIENS” (immigrants are those who come to America legally). While both big and small businesses are benefiting from the cheap labor force, what is going to happen 20 yrs down the road when the children of this immigrant population grow up educated and don’t replace there parents in the produce fields, on construction sites, in hotels and restaurants as wait staff, and so on and so forth. You know… the jobs that we (Black Americans) will not take because it is too close to where we were during slavery, not to mention the poverty level pay and all.
What will we do for a workforce then? Will we again support illegal immigration so that businesses can continue to take advantage of low wage workers until we fill this country to the rim with low income households?
When do we say enough is enough? Don’t get me wrong, I admire the spirit in the immigrant community that believes in working hard and doing whatever it takes to support their family. Actually I envy their community because my community is doing the opposite. I wish we were the ones flexing our financial powers.
At any rate, we can sit here all day and say what we as black folks should do to improve our situations, but until we can get out into our communities and convince our people to open businesses, support other black businesses, and just flat out hustle without selling dope or relying on the government to take care of us, then nothing is going to change. See what I’m talking about? I just did it. But I’m a member of my city’s Black Chamber of Commerce that is actively planting that ideology into the black community.
What are you doing?