The Harassment of the Hispanics in Chicagoland

[Chasstev365]

I taught in this community for 31 years.

The vast majority of Hispanics are hard working, warm, loving people who contribute to American society. All they do is sacrifice for their kids to have a better life.

Every year, I ended the year with a Holocaust unit. I told the kids, "If they can take away the rights of one group, they can take away everyone's rights." And here it is happening on the streets of the community where I spent a career I loved.

And to think; this all due to the vanity of one little man who has to hold onto power no matter what the cost is to others. I am heartbroken.

My sign at the October No Kings Rally will be:

"Hey ICE: Even Elderly Nazis were eventually held accountable."

"Sleep lightly tonight!"



https://www.msnbc.com/chris-jansing-reports/watch/daughter-reacts-to-mother-being-arrested-by-ice-while-on-the-way-to-the-grocery-store-249372741574

[bronxiteforever]

1. Kick

[IronLionZion]

2. Who is going to hold these MAGAts and ICE accountable?

[Martin Eden]

3. Unfortunately, it's not "due to the vanity of one little man"

Even before Trump entered the political scene, rightwing propagandists were stoking fears that Hispanics are replacing Whites, essentially destroying America.

Trump siezed on this, demonizing Hispanics and breaking norms of discourse in ways that energized voters with long simmering grievances. Demagogues have often directed populist angst at scapegoats. Anti-immigrant bigotry has a long history in America, going back to the "know nothings" of the 1800's.

[the nelm]

4. With extreme emphasis on "one little man"...n/t

[ananda]

5. I taught and worked with Latinos for years.

All I'm going to say is that I'm getting sick and
tired of having people divided up into groups
according to skin color and/or ethnicity.

As Oprah said back in the day, when asked about
race, put HUMAN.

[BlueWavePsych]

6. K&R

[Lonestarblue]

7. Right-wing Republicans conveniently forget that many Hispanics have just as much right to be here as white people.

Of course we know that Republicans regularly rewrite history to support their backward policies.

When Mexico won independence from Spain in 1821, it gained a significant territory of what is now several states, including all of California, Nevada, Utah, most of Arizona, and parts of Wyoming, Colorado, and New Mexico. When gold was discovered in California, the US went to war against Mexico and won these territories with the 1848 Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo. Texas became part of the US later. The people living in this part of the US became instant citizens.

Conservatives rant about how their white culture is at risk from too many Hispanics, but the peak of white European immigration to the US happened between 1815 and 1930. Hispanics have as much claim to US culture as white descendants of Europeans do.

Trump, Miller, and ICE may be going after undocumented people now, though they also attack and arrest US citizens, but they are becoming more lawless by the day. If the SC upholds Trump’s executive order ending birthright citizenship, no Hispanic person born in the US will be safe.

[eppur_se_muova]

8. "Hey ICE: Even Elderly Nazis were eventually held accountable." -- except the ones who offed themselves ...

So there is a way out, but don't be too slow to use it or they'll get you ...

A German court sentences 101-year-old to 5 years for role as Nazi guard