Oh Those Immigrants
A snap shot of myself: I am a white, republican, Christian, wife, mother of 2, stuck at home mom and I’m a direct descendant of Roger Williams – if you were looking for a poster child for Stuck-up American Superiority you would be searching for me.
There are plenty of things “I don‘t get” and I can’t wrap my head around Arizona Immigration Law, it makes as much sense to me as Slavery – which is none.
I’ve heard the arguments – they’re taking American jobs, they’re smuggling drug , weapons and they bring violence.
Really? All of them?
Have you not seen the documentaries? Are you telling me those folks who haul their children from here to ten-buck-to so the family can pick apples for a season to earn a living – all those people are smuggling drugs and weapons?
You can’t tell me they are stealing American jobs, because I’ve never met an American who picked an apple for anything other then pleasure!
Honestly if immigrants didn’t pick the US crop of Apples, they wouldn’t get picked!
Our grandparents blamed everything on the Polish and the Jews, now we blame everything on hard working Mexicans? Is that America Equality?
Perspective here, people! Unless you’re ‘Native’ – at some point, your family had immigrant status.
I love the “so they should get over here legally – the right way” Yeah, how is that going to change anything? Let’s just make them all legal right now – is that going to make you bitch less?
Is it any wonder Americans are fat and lazy?
Think about the way we raise our kids. From the moment my second child was born she had Organic formula, she ate organic fruits and veggies until she was 18 months old, her little body never touched the ground, I can only say in my defense that I’m not the best house keeper so she was exposed to some dirt – is it any wonder she’s autistic? She was practically a bubble child for the first 2 years. Immigrant kids are digging potatoes, bring in the crops, working 12 hours a days to help their parents feed them.
Everyone has something to give. Everyone can contribute. The problem isn’t “the immigrants” it’s Us Red Blooded Spoiled Americans. Sure you go to work, do your job and expect a pay check, you have a right to whine – what is whining getting you? Nothing! What is blaming getting you? Nothing!
Go Pick The Freaking APPLES! Stop the Blame and the Whining, Prove you’re not a spoiled American.
When I 1st saw your post on Triberr, I thought Oh man another person bashing the Immigrants, I was so happy to read this post and I agree.. Great Post 🙂
Bravo eDee! I am one of those “immigrants” – actually, I take that back because it would be an insult to the “real” immigrants. My husband and I met abroad, we dated for 2 years and then we got married. I moved permanently to the US after we were married (i.e. I had a green card from the get go and became an American citizen 3 years later – that was almost 20 years ago). But I did experience first hand the bigotry against immigrants in the US. I am a highly educated woman (not bragging, just stating the facts here) that speaks English, Spanish, Portuguese, French and some Italian. I studied in Europe. I lived in London, Hong Kong, Sao Paulo and Buenos Aires. I have traveled all over the world on business before meeting my husband (all Europe, India, South America and the Far East). Yet when I moved to the US I had a business “recruiter” tell me that I would be better off staying home and raising children because “who will want to hire you when then can hire a full blooded American, in spite of your obvious qualifications”. She was a woman. In Houston, Texas. I proved her wrong and went on to have a very successful career in the oil and gas industry (as it happens, not a lot of “full blooded Americans” speak and write perfectly English, Spanish AND French and the company needed someone that had business experience AND spoke all 3 languages). Then our son was born, my husband had made a small success story of himself (him the full blooded American, born and raised in a WASP home in a north suburb of Chicago, direct descendant of everything that is sacred in America including Daughters of the Revolution) and I decided to stay home to raise him. But it was my decision as a mother, not the condescending idea of some recruiter. I can’t even begin to imagine what it feels to be a “real immigrant” – the kind that pick my apples and do everything else that no full blooded American wants to do.
I am a white, 1/4 Latino( my GGrandfather was a famous General in the Mex Revolution), Spiritual, Liberal, American as well as being descended for John Alden & Priscilla Mullins… I truly applaud this post,,, It is nice to see common sense in dealing with the fact that just because a few behave badly does not mean we demonize an entire culture…Thank you for writing this…It really made my day …we tend to forget that our nation was built on immigrants except for the True Native Americans who welcomed us into this country only to be demonized themselves and have everything taken from them… I agree the “jobs” that are supposedly being taken away are the ones Americans just do not want at all…Logic needs to be applied…
Have a great day!!
Linda
I think its funny when I write a post and give it a somewhat negative title to see the support. I expected to see comments from people who would have agreed with the negative side of the title – blast me for the bate and switch lol
I think our system has made it hostile for our neighbors-to-the-south to come here both legally and illegally. And you’re right – there are a lot of jobs that “they” are doing that we won’t. But I think somewhere inbetween all of this is a complication. There IS a process that people need to go through in order to be naturalized as a citizen – and sure, it may seem silly in certain aspects, but in others, it makes sense. If an illegal immigrant was living in a vacuum in the U.S., it might work – but almost everything you do as a citizen is a give-and-take with your taxes. And believe me, I hate to be the guy saying “but they’re not paying taxes!” And I’m not completely that guy – but there’s a point to be made about it. On the other hand – as we all know from the “Occupy” protests going on around the country, people – citizens – are mad about the current game we’re playing with taxes, and who’s paying, who’s not. It’s such a difficult system – and not one with a simple answer. But you can believe that there’s a reason some people are staying illegal – and one of those reasons is that it’s expensive to be a citizen!
Anyway – good post, thanks!
from the bottom of my heart , i just want to say thank you!
I am one of those immigrants you are talking about , i came to this country when i was only 8yrs old with my mother and my 2 siblings, my mother didnt come here to traffic drugs or do anything illegal, she only came here to give her 3 kids a better future, i didnt ask to come to this country , but im glad i did because I have so much , way more then i would if we stayed in Mexico. my mom was a single mother and had every right to provide for her 3 kids, what kind of mother would just want to stay and suffer and be poor. Any mother will try to do anything possible to give their children everything they didnt have. I get so mad when people complain that immigrants take American jobs, but just like you say, we dont take the jobs from Americans, we actually do jobs that no one wants to do, My mom didnt care to get payed minimum wage, all she wanted was to have a roof over our head and food and clothes to give us. She did the best she could and she raised us with all the love she could. She did nothing wrong but try to give her kids a future and love. And im so glad you feel the same way i do, because not many Americans feel the same way you do ! I have so much respect for you honestly.
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