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Old 04-28-2010, 04:22 PM   #1
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Don't forget it's not just Mexicans. Mexico is the highway into the US for people from all over Central and South America.
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Old 04-28-2010, 04:27 PM   #2
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Don't forget it's not just Mexicans. Mexico is the highway into the US for people from all over Central and South America.
You're right, it would be more racially sensitive and politically correct to use the inclusive term "brown people" in this case.
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Old 04-29-2010, 12:47 AM   #3
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You're right, it would be more racially sensitive and politically correct to use the inclusive term "brown people" in this case.
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"The fact of the matter is, undocumented folks are literally from the four corners of the planet," says Arturo Venegas, a former Sacramento, Calif., police chief and the project director of the Law Enforcement Engagement Initiative, which opposes the Arizona measure. Illegal aliens can be blond Brits or black Jamaicans or olive-skinned Mexicans. And while this last description may apply to most of the undocumented in Arizona, it's not very helpful either.
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