Alright well I am going to take this blog posting in a whole new direction. Typically the only time I get political on my blog is when it deals specifically with HIV/AIDS issues in politics. However, I am going to take a new direction today by actually addressing immigration laws. Before I get started I want to make one thing clear…I am NOT against immigration. America was founded by immigrants. My family over the course of time immigrated here. So I am all for it. What I am not for however, is having to change my way of life because of immigration. When my family came here years ago I can assure you that no one catered to them. They had to learn American English (and yes there is a difference), they had to learn the laws of the land, and most importantly they had to be documented. Ellis Island was a wonderful thing. Maybe we need to establish more of them to deal with the immigration problem. When I was in high school I REFUSED to take Spanish for two reasons. The first being is that French looked far better on my college resume. The second reason was I wanted to maintain a certain level of ignorance in the respect of language. I did not want to be able to communicate with people who were too damn lazy to learn the English language. The horse shit that English classes aren’t made widely available is just a crock! Here in Atlanta we have over 50 places where people can come to learn English. Having done research I called a few just to see if they had any available spots and 100% of the facilities I talked to still had “ample room for attendees.”
Another reason I am for harsher laws is for safety reasons. When I was highly dependent on our transit system here (MARTA, Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority) sometimes I would have to walk home through the “Mexican Ghetto”. There was no way around it. In this particular area near the Lindbergh MARTA Station it is not unusual for police to be called out there several times a night due to gunfire or gang activity. I am a white boy and while I can defend myself I can tell you one thing…I am no match for a gun. I would soil myself. Another thing that pisses me off is my inability to go to Home Depot in peace. I go to Home Depot and they see me pulling in and a slew of them raise their hands and start coming for my car. I of course do not stop. On my way out, unfortunately I have to stop and again they come towards my car. AND FOR THE LOVE OF GOD NEVER, EVER, EVER, EVER, EVER PULL INTO A HOME DEPOT IN ATLANTA OR A GAS STATION IN NORTH ATLANTA WITH A U-HAUL!!! Do I feel threatened? Absolutely! Should I feel threatened? Absolutely! And I dare anyone to challenge me to the way I SHOULD feel.
Speaking of “day laborers” I have a serious problem paying for them to stand on the corner raising their hands for work. Immigrants to America back in the day could get jobs because they knew the language and they were able to be productive members of society. By today’s standards the immigrants of today are a major step back in the evolution of immigration.
I don’t expect everyone to share my views on immigration. What I do expect however, is to respect my opinion as my own and to accept it for what it is…MY opinion.
Here is to America and the immigrants who made her what is she today!!! \_/
1 comment:
Ok look everything was going fine I just founded your blog this morning and I really like you until I came to this part here. I'm not HIV positive and I wanted learn more about this cause one thing I like about me is that I am capable of taking things in a new perspective. So how you are educating me on HIV let me tell you something about Inmigration. I'm from Mexico my parents brought me to this country when I was 9 years old. I''m 23 now. A lot of the Inmigrants like you call them work 2 to 3 jobs a day so they can feed their families back in their country or even in here because they are pay under wage for not being legal that is the only way they can survive that explains why they dont go to school to take english clases. As a human being you will do anything to survive or for the well being of your family. As you in first hand should know this!!!! If that means asking for work at every person they can. Wouldn't you if u need to eat? Most people who come to this country they don't have family here or anybody that can help them like your family or your roomate. I understand your not against them. But just put your self in their shoes, like I have put my self in yours.
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