Posted on 05/16/2005 6:38:10 PM PDT by LouAvul
President Vicente Fox reversed course Monday night and apologized for saying that Mexicans in the United States do the work that blacks won't.
Fox repeatedly refused to back away from his Friday comment, saying his remark had been misinterpreted. But later, in telephone conversations with the Rev. Jesse Jackson and the Rev. Al Sharpton the president said he "regretted" the statement.
"The president regretted any hurt feelings his statements may have caused," the Foreign Relations Department said in a press statement. "He expressed the great respect he and his administration has for the African-American community in the United States."
State Department spokesman Richard Boucher said the U.S. Embassy in Mexico City had raised the issue with the Mexican government. "That's a very insensitive and inappropriate way to phrase this and we would hope that (the Mexicans) would clarify the remarks if they have a chance," Boucher said.
Fox's spokesman, Ruben Aguilar, said Mexican and foreign news media have misinterpreted the remark as a racial slur. He said the president was speaking in defense of Mexican migrants as they come under attack by the new U.S. immigration measures that include a wall along the U.S.-California border.
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You raise some very good points.
I agree with you that this is primarily an issue of wage rates, not demeaning work. Just as a matter of curiosity, I would like someone from one of the states that does not have a large population of illegals to comment on who does the low level jobs there.
Here in Texas, I see them in all types of jobs, including construction, factories and others that were once relatively high paying positions. Possibly these type jobs don't exist in all parts of the country or are just not being filled.
thanks , thats because ice cream and gelato are not the same thing!
Yes, I agree with what you say. But the perception America gives off is what he sees. Thank whoever; the media, the dems, the govt and welfare, organizations with media face time like NAACP/Rainbow push, etc.
It's true. I wonder how many American blacks Fox has even had contact with--other than the phone calls today from Jesse and Al.
um....the headline lies.....
where does it say he regrets the comment ?
Stop, you're making me hungry. ;-)
Thank you for that astute comment...right on!
No way Jose!!!
The blacks are mostly---mostly---Democrates & Liberals.....they will just excuse Fox.
The real outrage should be coming from his own countrymen.
Obviously, he thinks little of blacks but, even less about his own people since he put them one notch below blacks.
I might even start feeling sorry for Fox after those two grifters get through shaking him down.
Drive down Chapman Blvd in Orange, CA, around noon, and you'll see crowds of obvious illegals lounging around, some waiting for a pickup truck to collect them, others just lounging around. What you don't see are fields of crops needing picking, or orchards needing pruning. The illegals are doing the work that Americans will and do handle, if paid like they once were. Hats off to the illegals who work in agriculture, but they are only a small percentage--and their multiplying kids, wives, girlfriends, grannies are definitely not out there in the fields and orchards.
Yep. I remember that.
I agree...that was the best post I've read all day!
Ok, thank you. Guess the truth hurts.
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