Si Se Puede...

I’m sure you all have caught wind of this ridiculous legislation that will criminalize undocumented individuals in the United States. This morning on the news, a reporter talked about how this issue has divided a nation, in terms of their views and beliefs on this issue. What’s funny to me is how whenever these issues come up, it’s an open pass for those of elitist and biased mindsets to unleash their deep-seeded racism, sexism, ageism, any ol kind of ‘ism’ and chalk it up as ‘free speech’ or ‘my opinion.’ The other day on the news, they showed a guy provide testimony to San Jose City Council in support of this legislation. He said, “Just because they clean our toilets and pick our lettuce does not warrant them the same rights as legal citizens.” Dizzamn! Now is that a fair argument for his point of view, or is he just finding a soap box to spew his rhetoric from? Another thing that irks me is how they label undocumented immigrants as people willing to do the work that Americans won’t do… isn’t that elitist or what. Good old Condi Rice has said this numerous times all this past week, in addition to swallowing the bullshit apology from a St. Louis DJ in St. Louis that referred to her as “a big coon,” when he meant to say “a big coup.” Yay. Its funny… this great nation that we reside in was built on the backs of natives (i.e. Native Americans) and immigrants (whether by will or against it), yet we reject those that come here to seek opportunities to better themselves and communities… kind of an unjust practice, no? At the feet of Lady Liberty it reads:
Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!
Nowadays, this all kinda sounds like bullshit, don’t ya think?