African-Americans drowning in wave of illegal immigration

Houston Chronicle ^ | February 2, 2003 | TERRY ANDERSON

[Dog Gone]

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[DoughtyOne]

Terry is a good guy. He supported Pat and has been trying to do something about illegal immigration for the ten years that I've known him.

I wonder what the excuse will be after we allow a nuclear device to be smuggled into the United States and exploded in some large metropolitan center. It sure won't be that we closed our borders and checked all merchandise coming into our nation on ships and trucks. It sure won't be that we stopped all immigration from nations that support terrorism. It sure won't be that we stopped everyone known to be on the list of likely terrorists.

What will the excuses be, if not these? These are the best ways to reduce terrorism. We haven't done a single one of these things.

WHY?

[Clara Lou]

My reaction to Mr. Anderson's concerns is "Hey! That's life. It's happened to many groups, ethnic or otherwise, over the span of history, and it's going to happen some more. Deal with it."

[Salvey]

It is sad what has happened in my neighborhood. This was a respectable, blue-collar area of hard-working black folks living in their bungalows and going to their jobs. In just a couple decades it has become almost entirely Mexican.

What goes around, comes around, eh?

[Cacique]

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[wardaddy]

We are proud to see Secretary of State Colin Powell, even when we do not agree with everything he does. The same with Condoleezza Rice, the president's national security adviser, and many others

We=Whites and Black Conservatives. The rest despise Powell and Rice.

[montag813]

What I see in my community of South Central Los Angeles -- where I have lived nearly all my life -- is thousands of Mexicans who care nothing about our traditions and culture, and only want to impose their way on us. That's not immigration, that is invasion.

Well nice too see a black person take the liberal wool away from their eyes and see the reality of dis-assimilation in modern America--which is certainly not limited to Mexicans (look at the Somali leaches in Maine). In my opinion the black vote is up for grabs and black disaffection will keep Democrats out of the White House for a generation.

[Godel]

"Hey! That's life. It's happened to many groups, ethnic or otherwise, over the span of history, and it's going to happen some more. Deal with it."

Deal with your extinction. How nice. Is that what you would have told the Jews living under Hitler?

[old school]

Sounds like sour grapes to me! Multi-culturalism, tolerance, and diversity were the watchwords for this guy, until "his" ox was gored. He still identifies himself as a hyphenated-american, as opposed to simply an American! What's that Shakespeare line about protesting too much? I think it's too much, too late!

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[pabianice]

My reaction to Mr. Anderson's concerns is "Hey! That's life. It's happened to many groups, ethnic or otherwise, over the span of history, and it's going to happen some more. Deal with it."

Nope. The Dems -- owned part and parcel by the blacks-as-permanent-victims establishment -- will demand changes. Some irony: the Libs demanding restrained immigration. Enough to make a donkey explode.

[quebecois]

One thing needs to be said over and over again: The problem with America today is not the blacks and its not the immigrants. It is the elite liberals who control our institutions (and they are almost totally white). These elites are, for their own economic and political purposes, flooding the nation with legal and illegal immigrants. When the reaction finally occurs among working class whites (and, in light of this article, from working class blacks as well) it could be ugly. But the blame will rest with those who crafted the policies for their own nefarious reasons.

[wardaddy]

If one wishes to avoid deteriorating formerly proud ethnic neighborhoods then one should by all means try to make as much money as possible and move as deep into upper middle class white neighborhoods as possible or move near such areas that are experiencing record growth.

Otherwise any blue collar urban area is vulnerable to these changes.

My hometown of Jackson Mississippi is a wasteland now. Nashville on the other hand has thriving middle and upper middle class environs (open to anyone of any hue who can afford it).

If one cannot afford it then they should move to the country promptly when things start to go sour or less they will be stuck with a home worth much much less than they paid for it in 20-40 year old dollar values. I see old folks in Jackson stuck in hellhole "hoods" in homes they bought for 25-30K thirty years ago that now sell for 5K....seriously.

Ethnic changes which do not affect property values or crime are of much less consequence other than perhaps as an irritant culturally or language-wise. Miami is a good example of this. Miami has prospered from Latin waves but some Anglos get aggravated at starting to feel like strangers in their own land. So, they all moved to Broward. Now they are all moving yet again. It's a cycle.

[Yaelle]

My reaction to Mr. Anderson's concerns is "Hey! That's life. It's happened to many groups, ethnic or otherwise, over the span of history, and it's going to happen some more. Deal with it."

No, it's not the same. When other waves of immigrants came in, true, they often displaced the previous group of poor immigrants, who then moved up in neighborhoods and worked even harder, but all of the groups were coming in at a rate and with an interest that allowed them to assimilate far more than the Hispanics do in southern California.

Maybe if you don't live here, you have no idea of the extent of the problem. It is not only a problem for the black community, though the poorer parts of the city are affected most.

There is this horrible myth that the illegals are here to do the work that no one else will do. Nothing could be more of a lie. In any homogeneous country where there is minimal immigration, that country's citizens enjoy having entry level and menial jobs for their teens and elderly to do. I lived in Switzerland for nine years and saw how proud the elderly Swiss were, sweeping the streets or waiting on tables, taking their work seriously and doing a good job of it. All sorts of entry-level jobs were done by students interning while in high school or tech school.

There will always be Americans and legal immigrants willing to watch babies, clean windows, or flip burgers. We do not NEED illegals for anything.

[Cicero]

This is, in part, the result of blacks following the pied pipers of the Democrat party. They have allowed themselves to be persuaded to abort most of their children--an even higher percentage than suburban white abortions. And they have sat by while clinton and his friends have admitted a huge crowd of illegal immigrants who can then be put on the rolls to vote Democrat. And then they turn around and vote 95% for the party that is dedicated to aborting them.

Yes, the Republicans have gone along with illegal immigration, because some of their donors are businessmen looking for cheap labor and because they don't want to be tarred with the brush of racial prejudice by the media. Bush has gone along with it, too. But the chief pressure to admit more and more illegals comes from the liberals. It is not in America's best interests to have millions of illegals in the country, nor is it in the best interests of blacks, as this article suggests.

It's time for the blacks to wake up and get off the Democrat plantation. In many different ways, this unholy alliance has been corrupting and destroying them.

[LeftyStomper]

Multi-culturalism, tolerance, and diversity were the watchwords for this guy, until "his" ox was gored.>

I thought so too, at first, but he makes a compelling case. Blacks speak English, and have a history of serving this country (in war, for example). Hypothetically, would non-English speaking citizens be excluded from the draft if there were a dire national emergency?

Language is the greatest obstacle to assimilation, and apparently not one that some care to overcome.