They don't understand. Conversations about illegal immigration, and suggested policies for stopping it and deporting always for some odd reason targets Mexicans... i.e. upping border patrols along our southern border, the wall, focusing deportation efforts on areas with lots of undocumented latinos.
2014 Gamergate: "If you want games without hyper sexualized female characters and representation, then learn to code!"
2023: "What's with all these massively successful games with ugly (realistic) women? How could this have happened?!"
Because for most people immigration is not that big of an issue. Yes it is one but not the biggest, and not their over-riding concern. For racists however it is their over-riding concern and its what drives their votes. This is why the discussion on tightening immigration is loudly driven by racists, and that ends up causing those who are not racists but want tighter immigration control to be mixed in with the racists.
If I remember correctly the loudest voice on immigration in the UK used to be the BNP and it was chock full of racists, then when UKIP sprung up the BNP died as a party. Note too that UKIP is now the loudest political voice in the UK on immigration. So its pretty obvious all the BNP racists moved over to UKIP. That's not to say all UKIP people are racists but because they have a large contingent of them in the party they all get tarred by association.
Here's a political cartoon depicting how an irishman is the North's version of the black man, complete with ape-like caricaturing of the Irishman. it was the cover of Harpers:
http://www.printmag.com/wp-content/u...rig.jpg?19f8cb
"stop puting you idiotic liberal words into my mouth"
-ynnady
lol
What efficiency? There is no efficiency being provided in the policies, but there is indeed racism involved with them.
I agree. Are you willing to admit to the fact that people who immigrant legally to this country, regardless of their country of origin, race, or religion have far lower crime rates than the native US population?
That is the actual reality of the matter. Here is even a link from a conservative source that admits as much - http://www.wsj.com/articles/the-myth...ime-1436916798
Are you ready to admit the truth yet?
Are you ready to admit that the "efficient" immigration policy is no such thing? Are you ready to admit that the policies are about nothing more than racism?
Even if you aren't overtly racist, you are supporting a racist policy. Whether you want to admit to the truth of the matter is entirely up to you.
"stop puting you idiotic liberal words into my mouth"
-ynnady
ugh
just wow The Batman...just wow. That's not the only border that is patrolled. So interesting fact - all U.S. borders are patrolled. Beyond that, the one that has the most violations has the most focus. Crazy how that works huh?
Why would you focus on the one side of the boat that has the most holes? You obviously hate the water on that side of the boat...
/face_palm
The root of it was certainly religious, but it took on very strong racial and ethnic dimensions as a result, since the religious groups were so strongly split along those lines. Like any conflict between groups, the root reason for the conflict doesn't have much to do with the fact that it will eventually take on dimensions associated with their ethnic differences.
"stop puting you idiotic liberal words into my mouth"
-ynnady
Except that's wrong. At the time people were actually arguing and saying Irish people were not whites. Its only more recently that the term white has expanded to include all those of European heritage.
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Well it includes Muslims too, but that's really just a proxy for another group of brown people they don't like.