They'll take jobs that even a caveman doesn't want to do.
Posted on 05/15/2005 6:22:42 AM PDT by tuffydoodle
Mexican president criticized for racial remark
By Morgan Lee
The Associated Press
MEXICO CITY - President Vicente Fox came under criticism Saturday after saying Mexicans were willing to take jobs "that not even blacks want to do in the United States."
Fox's remark on Friday came a day after Mexico announced it would formally protest recent U.S. immigration overhauls, including extending walls along the border and making it harder for illegal migrants to get driver's licenses.
"There's no doubt that the Mexican men and women -- full of dignity, willpower and a capacity for work -- are doing the work that not even blacks want to do in the United States," Fox told a meeting of the Texas-Mexico Frozen Food Council in the western city of Puerto Vallarta on Friday.
The Mexican newspaper Milenio cited "Vicente Fox's racist comment" in a front-page headline, while the newspaper Reforma called the president's words "controversial."
The Rev. Jesse Jackson told CNN that the comments were "unwitting, unnecessary and inappropriate."
Fox issued a written statement Saturday night expressing his "enormous respect for minorities."
The president "laments and demonstrates his disagreement with interpretations that accuse his comments of being racist," the statement read. "The purpose of the remarks was nothing else but to make clear the importance that the Mexican workers have today in the development and progress of U.S. society."
Who's the racist now?
They'll take jobs that even a caveman doesn't want to do.
Well at least he's apologised. I'm waiting to hear the Clintons and Ted Kennedy apologise...not holding my breath though.
I've often thought that illegal immigration would be an issue, that played right, could siphon off union members and blacks from the DNC-Soros party.
An apology ISN'T ENOUGH. Why isn't the NAACP outraged and demanding that V Fox take sensitivity classes, do community service and otherwise lick their boots?
Because they're all on the same team.
Economics 101 supply and demand. No illegals and there is no one to fill the jobs, no labor and employers are forced to raise wages, higher wages more demand for the positions. You can't fool mother nature and you can't fool economic laws no matter how hard you try. Socialists and Communists have found this out.
MEXICO CITY - President Vicente Fox came under criticism Saturday after saying Mexicans were willing to take jobs "that not even blacks want to do in the United States."
I'm not sure that's an apology.
That's a Jane Fonda apology.
This is like the fourth post of this story of the past hour and a half. We should consolidate the discussion.
LOL why have only one thread to bash Vicente Fox when you can have four!
I HATE those non-apologies. Can't anybody just say "I'm sorry" anymore?
An immature observation: Vicente Fox looks like James Garner (Rockford, not your mayor) and the Ortega salsa guy had a mutant love child.
I just finished breakfast myself. It's 7 a.m. out here. I'll check out the other posts.
Hey, I can do it! Watch this: I'm sorry.
No problem. Its just that the papers use the same newswires and tell the same story. It happens often on FR whenever a breaking story hits.
I HATE those non-apologies. Can't anybody just say "I'm sorry" anymore?
Isn't Garner Irish? I know Fox is half Irish and probably thanks God for every drop of that blood too!
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