RazoE said:
you said in an earlier post, that you're for racial profiling, which "some might say, makes me a racist"..
then you're saying you're not racist, since lower-class members of a certain race are "niggers, wetbacks, etc" and deserve to be called so...
uh-huh....
shouldnt we just call those "group of people", scum despite their race..?
and here is where we all grow up (hopefully)
i dont care what you say, you can NOT redefine the meaning of the word NIGGER (or wetback, spic, etc etc).
it is simply a cop out to say that nigger means something else. you just like to use the word because its an expression of your animosity.
nigger is a racial slur for black people, end of story. this goes for other racial slurs.
heres where racism against mexican people has affected me:
all throughout high school i dated a girl who is mexican. shes still very close to me and someone who i care about very much. her family came here illegally with her and her older sister. since being in this country they have had two more daughters who are US citizens.
her parents are the hardest working people i have ever met. and their motivation? to give a better life to their children. they can all go to good schools and are on their way to building a great life for themselves here in america.
believe it or not, they pay taxes. the girl i dated, is paying her way through college right now. she works a hell of a lot more than i do, i spend most of my time sitting on my ass.
recently, they have just been approved or whatever to get their citizenship. in a few months they wont be illegal immigrants anymore.
they did not steal anyones identity, and they pay taxes.
firstly, blatant racism against mexicans throughout high school had an effect on her. while she brushed it off when someone jokingly called her a wetback or a border jumper, she would cry to me about it and ask me why they hated her just because she was mexican.
secondly and probably most importantly, EVERYONE who directs hate at these people under the guise of patriotism is simply a racist in disguise.
if you truly have a gripe with them about how they got into this country, well you are directing your hate at the WRONG PEOPLE!
its is THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT that has provisions for people like my friend and her family. they came here with visas which expired, and after years of struggling and working jobs that they could only get without a social security number, they now have their citizenship, given to them by the USA.
personally, i think the US does the right thing in their situation. obviously, many of you do not. but why target them? they are here doing whatever they can to give a good life to their families. your gripe is with the government, not them.
also, some of you might say that it dosnt matter that they are trying to better their children, they should still abide by the law and what not.
well ill tell you this, i know personally that i would do whatever it took to get my children into a country where they had a chance at going to a good school and going on to college. and if one of you texas "border protection militia" stood in my way with a gun i would fucking kill you.
furthermore, its easy to say that words are just words. you can try to redefine them all you want, but if i was with her and you called someone a wetback in front of her id take the baseball bat out of my car and beat your fucking head in.