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Originally Posted by lookout123
I still call Godwin on this one. It was a cheap line meant to make people cringe and think "oh, we can't have that". The reality is our current immigration issues have absolutely nothing to do with racial extermination. If Canada suddenly announces they'll execute anyone with green eyes, then certainly guidelines have to change with the new and temporary circumstances. A rush of green eyed folk would hit the borders and the US would have to make a choice about the whole group of people.
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I call bullshit. Even though the issue might not be entirely focused on race, that aspect is still there and effects decisions and viewpoints consciously or subconsciously.
The question is whether these immigrants are beneficial to our society or not. If China starts deciding that engineers are a detriment to their society and they start moving over here, assimilate, and don't cause problems, no one would criticize. The problem is that many see the new illegal immigrants as more harmful to our society and the fact that they do not share our culture and looks adds to that.
Many people do not like the Somalis in Minneapolis, even though the vast majority are here legally, because they have a different culture, looks, sometime cause problems, and for the most part refuse to assimilate into our culture. I have a very strong feeling that the recent immigrant issue has a lot to do with this and the fact that many come here illegally brings out the activism and outspokenness to get them out. Without those problems, no one would care to enforce the law.
And, it is a recorded concept that in our racist society, people of color are not as trusted as whites. Blacks have been shown to be followed more often by security guards then whites. Blacks skipping school brings different reactions then whites skipping school. Whether this mindset is conscious or subconscious does not matter but it still exists and I can attest with my own initial reactions as well. Because of this, it is impossible to totally separate race from this issue.
It would be stupid to blindly throw around the word racist because that is false in many circumstances but it would also be stupid to separate race from the issue entirely because race do influence our decisions whether we realize it or not.