An America For Whites Only? Who is Behind the Anti-Immigration Push?

[NNN0LHI]

http://www.blackvoicenews.com/news/news-wire/44424-an-america-for-whites-only-who-is-behind-the-anti-immigration-push.html

Monday, 17 May 2010 05:52

By Charlene Muhammad, Special to the NNPA from the Final Call

(NNPA) - The fall out over passage of an anti-immigration law in Arizona continued across the United States this week with people wondering is America being reduced to a nation “for Whites only?”

Anti-racism activist and author Tim Wise says a sense of “White racial anxiety,” has in his view, “taken over large segments of White America.”

According to Wise, the sense of entitlement that Whites have always enjoyed is being challenged by demographic data showing the growth of Black and Brown populations projected to become equal with the White population by 2050, as well as a change in the political landscape, demonstrated by the first Black president of the United States.

“This idea that White folks give voice to every now and then that they're losing their country, sometimes they mean with Black folks and the Black president and sometimes they're referring to Latinos and Brown folks. It seems that though, when White folks say that they're referring to some nostalgic sentiments of the past that they want to resurrect,” said Wise.

“They can't fathom a country wherein they are not the norm, the prototype of what an American is. The way they've grown up for years is when they hear the word American, they see their (own) face and people of color have never been able to have that reaction, that when they talk about American, they're talking about me, but White folks have, so when all of a sudden you've got to share that title, that symbol with Black and Brown people that have different names and faith traditions than yours, that shakes them up because they have that sense of entitlement.”

[DonCoquixote]

1. It's True

I admit, there are issues with immigration, though to be honest, if the government would turn down the war machine and tax the rich a bit more, no social services would have nearly the problems dealing with migrants that they do now. However, the main thing that makes the right angry is the fact that European Americans will no longer be the default group of leadership and power. It is the reason they howled when Obama got elected, and howled when Sotomayor got the coveted Supreme Court slot.

[stray cat]

2. Is it anti-immigration or control of illegal immigration.

I also know many progressives who are not big on H1 visas and immigrants taking jobs

[havocmom]

5. who was the well connected chap at the AZ DMV who was dealing black market IDs recently?

When I have some time, I will try to hunt that up again. Anybody remember?

[Bitwit1234]

6. Well I can see that

I think JOBS for legal residents should come first. If there is no legal resident able to fill those type of jobs, then go with someone else.

[damntexdem]

3. And they howl the most in states like Arizona, as well as Texas.

States on land stolen from Mexico, where Hispanics were resident far longer than non-Hispanic whites (the Spanish having stolen the land from Native Americans centuries earlier).

Hey, how about moves to legislate Spanish-only laws in Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and California? ;-)

[pipi_k]

4. Yeah, and let's kick out all those

funny-colored Native Americans too!!!

:sarcasm:

[Orsino]

7. Follow the money.

We certainly can't rule out racism, but that would be a relatively principled stance compared to the whores who are pushing this for profit.