Immigration Reform's Hidden Factor

Ruben Navarrette has written an article concerning a factor that is rarely talked about in the general immigration debate,which is the superiority complex exhibited by those whom are masking their true intent against immigration whether legal or otherwise.

Erase / Rewind

If every illegal/legal immigrant that is here; is white, or European... then trust me; there wouldn't be much of a problem.

my History professor told me, cause i asked her... "why all i hear is, your ILLEGAL, what part of that don't you get, even though you came when you were a baby"... she told me, "that's because real people find a solution to EVERY problem, and not just take a shortcut & an easy way out".

I'm white myself, but im sick and tired of people saying "oh these Mexicans think their in Mexico, bumping Spanish music and wearing their flags in the car"...

and im like "what about the Arabs in this country that in NY every store is in Arabic writing, what about the Arabic women not assimilating into how American women dress... what about the Italians and the Irish that proudly stick the Irish and Italian flags in their cars... what about the Jewish community who have their own police, their own schools, their own hospitals, what about them, why doesn't anyone have a problem with them assimilating?... or the fact that they have the most bizarre way they dress... why doesn't anyone complain about them?

all I hear is oh Mexicans think that they are in Mexico... they only speak Spanish... of course they gonna speak Spanish you dumb fucks... you learned English because you went to school, because you had someone foreign to talk to. these people work like animals and don't have the money or time to go to English courses, or have the nerves to start a convo with Americans.

I agree. I work at a pizza place and the cooks (all Mexican) work all day (about 11-12 hours), every day. They rarely have breaks or days off and once they get home, I'm sure all they want to do is sleep. One of the guys has been in the U.S. since he was 13 or 14 and he is now 19. He speaks little English because he has worked ever since he got here and wasn't fortunate enough to attend school like us, Dreamers.

It's very easy for U.S. citizens and even some Dreamers to judge other undocumented immigrants for their lack of knowledge of the English language, but many immigrants don't have the time or the money to attend ESL classes.

I'm taking a Cultural Anthropology class this summer and we discussed making English the official language in the U.S. My professor made an excellent point when she said that we want immigrants to learn English and assimilate but we make fun of them when they try to speak to us because they have an accent/speak slowly/etc. How can they feel comfortable speaking the language when they get made fun of when they, at least, try? We can't have it both ways.

Got to the first sentence of the 2nd paragraph when I stopped reading. This guy is only pretending to know what he's talking about.

I am in no way defending the anti-immigrant individuals, but some of these questions aren't too hard to answer.

1. The reason why some people don't "seem" to have problems with Jews/Europeans/etc is, because they aren't being "forced" to learn their language/culture/etc. There isn't a large population of recent European immigrants in this country. I would also say the majority of the "non south of the border immigrants" can probably speak English relatively well, so people probably assume that they have at least made some sort of effort to assimilate. On the other hand, there is a segment of the illegal and even legal community of immigrants from south of the border, who can't speak English well. When people see this, along the fact that a lot of services have Spanish speaking options, or in rare cases services for Spanish speaking only, then they become angered by it. They think, "Shouldn't you at least try to learn the language?" "Why am I being 'forced' to learn their language."

It comes down to what the article was talking about. Nowadays, it is pretty rare, if not impossible, for someone to come into the US legally on a visa who can't speak English, unless they have family or business ties. So, it is a little more difficult for people to see them as "inferior." Sadly, the same can't be said for some of the people who crossed the border. Is that the right mindset to have? I don't know. In my opinion, no matter what country you come from, if you are going to move to another country to live there, the least you can do is try to assimilate into that country.

One last point on this topic. If some immigrants tried to do some of the things they do in this country in other countries, like march carrying another countries flag, there would probably be outrage from the community, and they would probably be persecuted.

2. There is quite a bit of racism against Arab Americans. Maybe things have died down a little, but from some stories I heard, they probably have it the worst in the US.

3. There is an interesting quote. "If everyone woke up the next day and we were all the same color, humans would still find a way to discriminate between others." Trust me, there is even "racism" against people from Europe. Of course, extremely small, but it does happen. I just want to add, I'm from England.

Edit:
Also, about the music. I have no problem with Spanish music. I do have a problem with any music blasting out of a person's house or car. I do not want to know what you listen to. I'm guessing this is the same for others.

is English even the official US language because I have heard that the US has no official language ??

The US does not have an official language.

those businesses that have Spanish speaking options is because they live in an immigrant community that they know is dominated by Spanish speakers. Those businesses are owned by legal Latino immigrants. so, they can put up w/e lettering they want. when it comes down to that... is either everyone puts only English, or they all put w/e they like.

Assimilating to one country means learning the language and speaking it... having American values, having a nice BBQ, and parading on July 4th. its a bit harder for the undocumented here; to learn the language the right way; but they try. they live under constant fear... im sure some of them have more potential than to wash plates.

many people that come with visas, weather its family unification, lottery, asylum seekers... they all speak no English. people can't pick of them because they came legally. no1 is stupid enough to express what they really feel; out in the open.

the U.S was funded on immigrants, that's the only reason you can go flying your flags here. When the first Italians arrived, they didn't want them because they were considered non-white. they weren't so easy-going with assimilating. this whole xenophobia has been going on since forever.

I understand that these people broke the law... and its not good.

but anyways... w/e music sum1 blasts on their car, has nun to do with immigrants... just a choice.