Posted by Mum on March 21, 1999 at 10:59:46 {MW/mrDAKQdkdU}:
In Reply to: **Realization posted by 5GJW on March 21, 1999 at 10:40:57:
Your point is well taken about immigration. I live in the West where there are a lot of immigrants from south of the border. I think the Rush Limbaugh types spout off about immigration because this is the only way left to maintain an underclass; i.e., by denying citizenship and the full rights thereof to certain people, we own them in a sense and can treat them any way we choose, and they have nowhere to turn for help. There's a little bit of old-fashioned racism behind such protectionist philosophy as well.
Nobody is upset about immigration from Bosnia, but Haitians are perceived as somehow a threat. One of the most wonderful aspects of being an American is the dynamics of multicultural
experience.