Comments on: Mexicans in America

By: Long-time absence. « Nonviolent Migration

Long-time absence. « Nonviolent Migration — Wed, 04 Jul 2007 15:24:28 +0000

[...] First, from this excellent article: “In all the video footage I have seen of people crossing illegally from Mexico, of people arrested, the faces look more Indian than Spanish. Most of the illegal immigrants from Mexico may be mestizo, racially, but Indian features predominate. And isn’t that curious? The Indians are illegally coming into the United States. Indians will always wander in the Americas and they should. One lasting effect of illegal immigration, I believe, is that we will come to see America within the Americas…. Brown illegal immigrants with Indian faces may usher the Georgian and the Virginian to a recognition that they now live within the New World—an illegal idea—and not in some distant colony of England.” I have now lived in the three major border metropolises, San Diego, El Paso, and the lower Rio Grande Valley. But not until living in Monterrey did I realize that during all that time when I was on the border, only the Morenos are present. They are living among the Anglos (or the Anglos are living among them), of course, but you will not find the Rubios or the Gueros among immigrants. Monterrey, only a two hour drive from the border, is half blonde; half the city defies racial classification. If I didn’t know which country I’m in, I’d say they are Caucasian. [...]

By: charityBlog » John Steinbeck Predicts Immigration As Campaign Issue

charityBlog » John Steinbeck Predicts Immigration As Campaign Issue — Mon, 06 Nov 2006 19:04:34 +0000

[...] Benjamin Franklin complained in the 1750’s about those German immigrants with their languages and complexions different than “real” Americans. And the CATO Institute’s Richard Rodriguez pointed out that we demonize even other Americans when sufficiently threatened, recalling the moral outrage against folks from other states in Chapter 21 of John Steinbeck’s The Grapes of Wrath: In the West there was panic when the migrants multiplied on the highways. Men of property were terrified for their property. Men who had never been hungry saw the eyes of the hungry. Men who had never wanted anything very much saw the flare of want in the eyes of the migrants. And the men of the towns and of the soft suburban country gathered to defend themselves; and they reassured themselves that they were good and the invaders bad, as a man must do before he fights. They said, These goddamned Okies are dirty and ignorant. They’re degenerate, sexual maniacs. These goddamned Okies are thieves. They’ll steal anything. They’ve got no sense of property rights. [...]

By: fenris.org » Blog Archive » a sign of the apocalypse?

fenris.org » Blog Archive » a sign of the apocalypse? — Sat, 19 Aug 2006 16:30:19 +0000

[...] Hmm, someone should go check the “rapture index,” I’m about to link to an article at Cato Unbound – the Cato Institute’s Blog. Richard Rodriguez write’s a beautiful article regarding Mexican Immigrants, their coming to America and what the clash of cultures means to second and third generation Mexican-American immigrants. [...]

By: Cato Unbound: Mexicans in America - Urban Onramps

Cato Unbound: Mexicans in America - Urban Onramps — Thu, 17 Aug 2006 04:56:21 +0000

[...] Interesting exchange between Richard Rodriguez and Victor Davis Hanson at the Cato Unbound site. Rodriguez leads off with a lyrical reflection on Mexicans in America, and Hanson brings him down a peg (or two). [...]