Racism? No, that's the wrong term. Hispanics are not a race. Xenophobe is the term that I think you're looking for. And while there may be some who used to post here about whom that statement is valid, please do not let someone convince you that it applies to all.
If you look at the Border Ping List, you will see at least a dozen FReepers with hispanic FReepNames. I am an immigrant, my wife is an immigrant, and my son's in-laws are immigrants. In fact, those two families settled here before Arizona became a state and are what I would call charter citizens. One family is from Spain, the other from Mexico.
Our families are legal immigrants. It's the unchecked illegal immigration and all of the concomitant problems associated with said that we are against. We are not racist, we are not xenophobic, and we are insulted by those who try to label us as such.
Clear?
Oh,I certainly agree with that. I would say it is the larger of the two evils.
But the facts are that the immigration issue draws some strange bedfellows together.
We had a incident in our FR group in Arkansas recently. We were infiltrated because of the shared concerns and some did not catch it until it was too late. Unfortunately, saw it coming but could not prove my contention and simply backed out of the group until the stuff hit the fan. I don't know if I did the right thing. I blame myself for not speaking out because I did not want to get into a personal confrontation. The problem, hopefully is behind us bit the damage was very devastating to our group. It is a issue we must address.
It is a dicey thing to do however.