Posted on 05/15/2006 11:24:53 AM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
Blacks in the region are joining Minuteman militia groups opposed to illegal Hispanic aliens working in the United States, saying they take jobs from blacks and piggyback off the strides made during the civil rights movement.
Several blacks Friday attended a Minuteman rally in the District. And yesterday, Ted Hayes, a black Los Angeles-based homeless activist and founder of the Crispus Attucks Brigade, held a rally in Upper Senate Park denouncing attempts by immigrant rights groups to link their movement to that of black civil rights.
"Illegal immigration is the greatest threat to black people since slavery," Mr. Hayes said. "The civil rights movement was made by black citizens of this country, but [illegal aliens] are claiming civil rights as a key to cross the American border illegally."
He and several area blacks at the rallies said losing jobs is their biggest concern.
Mr. Hayes said illegal aliens are accepting "slave wages" after decades of blacks' not allowing employers to pay them less than minimum wage.
Northwest resident Mae Bruce, 68, said her biggest concerns are illegal aliens' "flooding" historically black neighborhoods without assimilating and taking advantage of overburdened government resources such as public education and health care.
Sylvia Thomas, a black woman living in Alexandria, recently said she plans to join a local Minuteman chapter.
"If I'm going to be held to abiding by the law, they should be, too," she said. "I don't like my tax money going to people who are living here illegally."
A recent survey by the Pew Research Center shows that about 80 percent of blacks have a favorable view of Hispanic immigrants' work ethic and family values. The survey also shows that 33 percent of blacks are less likely to suggest deportation of illegals aliens, compared with 59 percent of whites.
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Why only Hispanic?
PING!
You'll have to ask the reporter about that, I guess.
I have been waiting for this to happen.
The mesoamericans, as a voting block, will insist on the their "fair share". This means more services, more grants, more everything at the expense of other "minorities" (read blacks).
And what are the black leaders and demos doing for the black community? Selling them down river.
Did you watch the marches?..
I get her point but I would argue that the black 40% abortion rate (triple that of whites and hispanics) is a greater threat...
Does this mean they refuse to speak English, or they refuse to wear oversized pants, backwards hats, and speak ebonics?
...taking advantage of overburdened government resources such as public education and health care.
Frustrating, huh? Welcome to my world.
What I am about to say may be a gross exaggeration but I'm going to say it anyway because I have heard it so many times.
The black attitude to those low paying,menial jobs-"We ain't doing work like that any more.Hell,we picked cotton for 300 years for y'all for FREE"
The white attitude to those same jobs-"We're WHITE,for God's sake.WE don't do that kind of work.I need something substantial to put on my resume"
I know,I know,I'm stereotyping horribly but I know all of you on this board have heard those sentiments on more than one occasion.
It's the "one size pie" rule. To divvy up the one size pie, everybody must get a smaller piece. No one ever thinks of making a bigger pie...........or more than one.........
I guess because the Indians are running the hotels, the Arabs run the gas stations, Vietnamese run the nail care shops, Chinese run the laundries and the Japanese run the auto industries.
Hispanics are the competitive laborers.
"Illegal immigration is the greatest threat to black people since slavery, Mr. Hayes said."
Maybe some hyperbole here, but basically Mr. Hayes is right. Illegal immigration is taking jobs from black Americans.
Because the illegal aliens from Luxenburg are just taking the banking jobs that Jews won't take?
/yes, joke/
Not the best choice of names for a brigade, unless they plan on being shot before the fight actually begins.
Personally, I see this as a great opportunity for the GOP. President Bush believes we cannot round up and deport 12 million illegal aliens. But of course, we can. It's just a matter of manpower. So.... Hire and train a million African-Americans to conduct well-supervised raids in the barrios, rounding up illegals. The program can be justified and can be sold to the American people. It would infuse such a sense of patriotism in the country, and such a sense of added pride among African-Americans, I predict the GOP would win by a landslide this fall, and again in 2008... Just one man's opinion...
Attucks still rocked, however.
No surprise, considering that the pres of Mexico said that American Blacks are lazy.
Yeah, maybe they should call themselves the Jesse Jackson brigade. A true American patriot. < /S >
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