“He has a right to criticize, who has a heart to help.”
-- Abraham Lincoln
I hear time and time again (unwitting, I might add), that in American politics, Mexicans are becoming the new “blacks.” I imagine the person that started that absurd analogy is probably the same culprit to suggest forwarding electronic chain letters to 10 people is good luck. Do you think they realize that one’s good fortune ran amuck with the receipt of that chain letter?
Are Spanish people gaining some traction in America? Yep!! And, to my knowledge, I (nor any other black person) has yet to receive a thank you card from one of them. And, to think I almost bought Ricky Martin’s CD. The Mexican impact is so visible that one day while vacationing in Miami, I noticed that there were more Spanish speaking (non-cable) networks than English speaking over-the-air broadcasts. In Florida. In fact, two of those networks had an all-day Jerry Springer-like show on the air. It’s great to see the our homegrown UPN impact has now reached bi-lingual lofty levels. Later that day, I walked into a Subway and the menu was in Spanish. When I asked the cashier for one in English, she said Buenos Días!! I had to tell that fake J-Lo (which is redundant when you think about it) that if she didn’t start speaking English that I was going to call immigration. She was fine though.
Back to this immigration act that is sweeping the nation. I really think that curious George’s State of the Spanish Union Address just goes to show that this Black apathy approach to life in America is really pathetic. Furthermore, we are slowly regulating ourselves to the back sports pages and Oprah’s charitable givings. Last Sunday, Meet The Press’ Tim Russert, said that the Mexican unskilled labor strike would’ve crippled the economy if Bush continued to ignore their demands. My question is.. how can you make demands when you broke into the country in the first place? Isn’t that like someone breaking in your home and demanding that you rearranged your furniture? Bush’s solution?? Call the National Guard and to build a privacy fence around Texas. Does anyone know where Bush got his GED?
This whole conversation can be summed up in one word. Unity! Something my people seem to have totally forgotten. And, as far as I am concerned, that’s the real tragedy. That fact notwithstanding , I’m going to slap the next dumb bastard who tells me that Mexicans are gaining political clout because they do the work that no one else wants to do. Anyone echoing those sentiments, should note, black people built the entire country with NO LUNCH BREAK. To date, I have yet to find a chained volunteer to do that. We built the streets that Mexican and other ILLEGAL immigrants march on, while we were we got hosed on those same streets. It was the Civil Rights Act that stops the National Guard from hanging Mexicans from those soon-to-be-finished bording fences.
For the record, I’m not mad at the Mexicans (or anyone else) for that matter. I’m just disheartened that my people, who I love so dearly, seem to be less concerned with this issue and more concerned with why Kobe is switching jersey numbers. Didn’t he grow up in Paris?
1 love,
Ray Lewis
