Trump has Normalized THIS
Last night in Saline Michigan a meeting of parents in the local high school was held to discuss the problem of rising racism in this small town. The town is mostly white, but also is populated by immigrants from Latin America and south Asia. Racism against these children of immigrants including verbal and physical abuse. During the meeting, Adrian Iraola, who immigrated to Michigan in 1980 from Mexico, was telling his experience with his son who has been verbally abused by white students. In mid-sentence, Iraola was interrupted by a white guy sitting behind him saying, “Then why didn’t you stay in Mexico?” The crowd in the room responded as you can imagine, but the man seemed non-plussed, and acted as if his behavior was somehow OK.
The problem we have building in America is that the current resident of the WH has made this attitude somewhat acceptable, at least in conservative circles. This is the cancer in our society that has metastasized, threatening the entire body politic helped along by Trump. Here’s a video of the incident.
The answer to the man’s question should have been “For the same reason you’re ancestors did.”
1The answer should have been “We came to America for the same reason your ancestors came.”
2I am happy to see that so many people in that audience reacted so strongly against the guy asking, “Then why didn’t you stay in Mexico?” That heartens me… a bit.
3He said this stuff at a school board meeting? That’s a special kind of stoopid. He reminds me of a lot of the folks in my neighborhood. Bigoted and proud as hell of it. Glad the others reacted as they did. He ought to have been ejected. Bet his kids are bullies too.
4When something like this happens, I just wish once a Native American would jump out of his (or her) seat, point at the white guy and say “Yeah, right!”
5Maybe this guy didn’t understand the point of the meeting. Or he thought someone should represent the racists, whose point of view gets so little attention. Or he thought there would be coffee and cake. The woman next to him (his wife?) is smiling as if she hears this all the time.
6My German relatives came here in the 19th century and even by 1913, when my mother was born, relations weren’t too good. Then WWI came and it was tough – no speaking German in public, no congregating in public etc. The Japanese suffered a similar backlash in WWII. There will always be bullies around and their views need to be held up for general contempt!
7It gets better. The guy’s son has disavowed his question/comment as “racist,” and says it doesn’t reflect his own views on race and immigrants.
8I’ve raised this point before. Now seems an appropriate time to do so again. Ask these racists,
9“7-8 billion people in the world and only about 1/4 are white. Agree? How did you manage to choose to be born white?
Were you able to choose anything about you at or before your birth?”
Remember opinions don’t count.
Wow.
Just wow.
When Dotard was elected by Faux Corp(/and the MSM) and Putin^, the die was cast for this kind of nonsense. Local authorities have the responsibility to protect their students from harm, and must make that kind of behavior subject to penalty. The guy is an @$$whole, and is free to say what he wishes, but emotional abuse should be banned in public schools…
^ Every day that goes by, Putin must be chortling to himself how great their investment was.
10I’m fairly certain that emotional abuse in school is illegal, and doesn’t need to be banned.
11It just needs to be enforced.
The question of how is the rub.
Said it before and I’ll say it again. Freedom of speech has been our greatest strength. And if we keep letting foreign enemies and domestic traitors use it against ourselves, our democracy will fall.