By ED MISHOUI’m tired of all the hype about hyphenated Americans; there’s African-American, Mexican-American, Korean-American, Anglo-American, and on and on. STOP IT. We are all AMERICAN. Of course, we all have different ethnic heritage and backgrounds that we are proud of, and should remain always so. A lot of us have mixed ethnic backgrounds such as mine which is a mix of French, Irish, and English which lets pick and choose the traits we want to emphasize. Others may choose to emphasize a cultural heredity such as industrial, agrarian, or military. Many have only one ethnic history and culture they desire to emphasize. Whatever the motivations, they are all wonderful. But, we are all AMERICAN. Along the campaign trail I’ve met many who declared ‘you don’t have the right name (spell Spanish) so you don’t have a chance’. And I’m proud to respond “Nonsense!!” All of Hispanic heritage that I’ve met are proud AMERICANS and they eagerly support me as the candidate who will best support a continuation of the American life they came here to enjoy. Then we will toast with a Margarita and enjoy a great Mexican meal.
VIVA our proud immigrants!!!
(Ed Mishou is a candidate for the Texas 27th Congressional District. His blog is http://edmishou.wordpress.com/. He can also be reached at ed@edmishou.com)
6 comments:
(Anglo-American, and on and on. STOP IT.)
Outstanding, as always, Juan.
Ren.
White-Americans will never be asked for citizenship papers in Arizona. Them's the breaks.
joe
Brown-Americans either. If the person suspected of being an alien cannot speak any english, then he will be asked to present documentation. As he should. Just my humble opinion.
Ren.
Unfortunately Americans of all shades are asked in Arizona ans well as in California, the Texas checkpoints and New York and they present identification as the law requires and go about their business. Fortunately those that aren't Americans are also asked and present fake ID and sometimes get through and are sometimes caught. Russians and other Europeans frequently attempt to get into the US without authorization because we have a better life here even though we must put up with government irritations sometimes.
I especially don't like the checkpoints but still understand the need.
So, if there are already ways to check for identification, why does Arizon or any other state need to pass laws such as SB 1970? The answer must be something akin to "latinophobia".
joe
(The answer must be something akin)
The federal law is there, for federal law enforcement. Your local law enforcement agencies do not have to do it, if they don't want to. But they can, even without SB1970. Believe it or not.
Ren.
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