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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The clerks dispensing welfare checks in San Diego lamented that they earned less than the people coming to collect those checks for doing nothing at all. When a welfare check pays more than performing honest labor, it doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out what people will do.
When I was coming up,many white middle class kids took summer jobs at Tahoe casinos and hotels.Now its almost all Mexicans,probably illegals,doing those busboy and kitchen jobs.The white kids now are hanging out on the beach at their jet skis or perhaps hooking up with dad's law firm for a summer internship.
I was taught early that hard,dirty work was no disgrace.Thats not the attitude today of most white or black kids out here in California.
"And which jobs would those be?"
Oh not much just jobs like:
So just jobs like the above. Dirty back breaking jobs and not much to brag about, but they put food on the table. And until the invasion, historically performed by Blacks due to education, or lack thereof.
Getting rid of welfare would help as well as making these lazy ass kids put away the video games and mow the lawn.
"If you look at the big picture and understand that illegals will live in apartments with four families, and that they also receive WELFARE benefits on top of their paltry wages, you begin to understand why American laborers won't, (actually CAN'T), take these jobs"
Well said. Bears repeating.
Who is John Galt? All together now...shrug!
As I was saying to you in another thread on this matter.....
I'm 28 years old, can't say I've had the same experience.
All things equal would you hired a child and have to pay comp and all the withholding versus hiring an adult. In most cases an adult will do a better job. And since illegals tend to take the jobs our children used to do....?
Careful, that "Death Ray" might get you............
Amen. Just reduce Big Welfare down to limited unemployment insurance, and THAT'S IT!
"Sylvia Thomas, a black woman living in Alexandria, recently said she plans to join a local Minuteman chapter."
This absolutely made my day!
So why would employers prefer illegal immigrants and the risks rather than American blacks?
For a few reasons - all monetary
Just anecdotal evidence but I overheard a construction supervisor and another guy talking (strangers) about immigrants and the construction guy was talking about what hard workers Mexicans are and how they always show up for work. It made me wonder.
BTW, illegals are still entitled to worker's comp if they are injured on the job.
Why can't employers hire who they want?
I said; 'Illegal immigration' is taking jobs from black Americans." NOT "Mexicans" It's important to the logic of the discussion.
You said: "Mexicans are taking the jobs that blacks won't do."
Ah, where have I heard that? Oh ya..." Mexicans are taking the jobs that whites won't do."
Right!
You say: "The work ethic of Mexicans is 100 times better then that of American blacks."
This MAY be so... but if these Mexicans are "illegal" it's beside the point -- let them take their "work ethic" back to Mexico.
Tell me where is it written that AMERICANS(Point in logic: Blacks are Americans)have to compete with non Americans in their own country?
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