04/25/2021
In another “I have to wonder,” would people be just as upset if non-citizens crossing the border were white? What if, for the sake of argument, they were Irish? Or German? Or European? We’ve all seen how people behave toward white terrorists, what if illegals were white? Would they be received with kindness and tolerance? Would there be cries and protests for understanding and compassion? (WLM?)
Why do white Americans want to get rid of Latinos like they did Native Americans? For decades, Latinos have been the backbone of the American workforce doing the jobs whites don’t want. I find it ironic that people say migrants are criminals with ill intent. That may be true, but have they by any chance seen the ethnicity of all the recent shooters and terrorists? Not one of them has dark skin or named Rodriguez... or Gonzales... or Martinez...
Why do white Americans want to push Latinos off their native lands? Whites are always proud of at least five generations in Texas, while Hispanics have had twice that many going back to the 1500s. It seems the only people who aren’t worried about non-citizens are Hispanics. I wonder if it was the same way when whites pushed the Comanches and Apaches out of Texas, because they were considered too hostile and aggressive. I guess I would be too if somebody tried to throw me out of my home because they thought they deserved it more than me. Kinda ironic whites did the same, but called it “Manifest Destiny.” Some things never change.
Being a Texan, I always wonder why it’s all cowboy, but no “vaquero”? With no vaqueros, there would be no cowboys. But you never hear any mention of it, there are no commercials on TV for vaquero ranch trucks, even though he salesmen are sometimes Hispanic.
One last wonder. Why do people say “if you don’t like it, leave”? This is my home, and this has been my family’s home for four generations. We were here before there was a Texas.
