at the zoo yesterday in the middle of our nation’s capital, a place full of immigrants, diplomats, and tourists from all around the world, i saw some shithead wearing this as he walked around with his kids. his children who he probably instills those same beliefs in. un fucking believable. thanks cafepress. “classy” indeed.
to everyone calling me every name in the book all because I wore a sombrero & mustace at a friends CINCO DE MAYO party :
GO FUCK YOURSELF!!! first of all, you act like I was like ONLY person celebrating! holy fuck! if you would get YOUR head out of YOUR ass you would see that it’s only a simple joke and I was having fun at a friends party. you’re all a bunch of fucking RETARDS! I am NOT racist at all! and if you think me wearing a sombrero and mustache to a party (which by the way wasn’t even MINE, it was already at the party!!!) then you’re by far the biggest idiot ever! stop taking shit so damn serious! oh and maybe you should go yell at the other 853468645 people that were celebrating last night.
fuck off & leave me alone! SHIT! -.-
Once again, you’re missing the point.
Racist jokes are not “simple jokes” because THEY LEGITIMATELY HURT PEOPLE.
Maybe we would leave you alone if you realized that.
You are hurting people with what you are doing.
Getting angry that people are calling you out, and then proceeding to use more offensive language, does not further your point and makes you look (if possible) more uneducated.
And for the other “853468645 people that were celebrating”? Yeah, you can be damn sure we’re pissed at them, too.
Anybody else just hit cultural appropriation bingo?
Border Patrol Agent Who Shot & Killed Sergio Hernández in Mexico Will Not Be Charged
The United States Justice Department issued a statement late Friday saying they will not file criminal charges against Border Patrol agent Jesús Mesa Jr., who on June 7, 2010 shot and killed 15 year-old Sergio Adrián Hernández Güereca while he stood in Ciudad Juárez, Mexican soil.
Video of the shooting shows agent Mesa engaging a group of boys being pursued by the Border Patrol. Mesa detains one boy by pointing his gun to his head while the others in the group cross a spillway onto Mexican soil. Agent Mesa is then seen firing several shots at the group, two of which hit and kill Sergio Adrián.
Senior U.S. District Judge David Briones has dismissed two lawsuits by the Hernández Güereca family.
Mexico’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs responded to the news by saying they strongly reject the U.S. Justice Department’s decision.
Justice for Sergio!
I don’t have words.
I really don’t.
Confronting Sheriff Joe
As a camera crew captured Sheriff Joe Arpaio walking through Maricopa County’s infamous “Tent City,” Guillermo Pérez Aguilar, 36, decided to speak up.
“Señor Arpaio,” Guillermo said as the sheriff walked passed him.
“Yeah,” Arpaio replied as he stopped and turned to Pérez.
Pérez began with a simple question: “Why not give us a chance?”
After Arpaio gave pat answer about how there are laws and a right way to come into the country, Pérez suggested he was overreaching as a local official and going above federal authority in enforcing his laws.
“No, nobody is higher than me,” Arpaio said in his typical belligerent manner.
“And many of these people,” pointing to inmates observing the exchange, “come with the marijuana,” Arpaio said later as he shifted his glare.
When Pérez said it was unfair to judge everyone on the acts of a few, Arpaio responded, “No, I judge those who break the law…and it just so happens, because we’re so close to the border, we get more people from Mexico.”
Pérez responded with a common Mexican saying, “O sea, el no busca quién la debe, sino quién la paga,” which roughly translates to “So, in other words, he’s not looking for who did it, but rather, who will pay for it.”
Pérez went on to say that he’s been in the United States for 16 years without any problems, adding that he’d like a legal way to pay insurance for his car, but that Arpaio seems more interesting in picking on the little guy.
“Why not start at the root? Why start at the branches?
“You’re killing thousands when, really, you can start here,” Pérez said, referring to the root of the problem.
“Why? Because it’s harder, or because you like attacking us over here?”
Thank you, Guillermo, for speaking truth to power!
sitting in anth class today, i had an idea for the best investigative piece to ever enter mankind.
if i do become a journalist, or if anyone who is a journalist has the ballz, they should go undercover and take the journey of an undocumented immigrant into the US from Mexico. I mean its obviously life-threatening, and you could actually die, but if you lived and just caught all the inhumanity and violence these people experience, maybe people would stop being ignorant assholes towards undocumented immigrants and just maybe comprehensive immigration reform could happen? i mean idk… i just think everyone is SO ignorant, and this kind of thing needs to be exposed and maybe it could shut the mouths of all the “why dont they just do it legally” people…
nobody would do it because its too dangerous. people go into warzones and do pieces, but nobody has done this. hmm.
I’m actually pretty sure that someone has done this, or at least along these lines. The documentary is called “Through the Night”. Give it a watch.
Reblogging this again because the documentary is actually up on Hulu to stream here.
From a Fresno labor union resolution in 1907… Sound familiar? #immigration #immyouth #apia (Taken with instagram)
sitting in anth class today, i had an idea for the best investigative piece to ever enter mankind.
if i do become a journalist, or if anyone who is a journalist has the ballz, they should go undercover and take the journey of an undocumented immigrant into the US from Mexico. I mean its obviously life-threatening, and you could actually die, but if you lived and just caught all the inhumanity and violence these people experience, maybe people would stop being ignorant assholes towards undocumented immigrants and just maybe comprehensive immigration reform could happen? i mean idk… i just think everyone is SO ignorant, and this kind of thing needs to be exposed and maybe it could shut the mouths of all the “why dont they just do it legally” people…
nobody would do it because its too dangerous. people go into warzones and do pieces, but nobody has done this. hmm.
I’m actually pretty sure that someone has done this, or at least along these lines. The documentary is called “Through the Night”. Give it a watch.
problems of undocumented youth: This submission broke my heart
I hope you don’t mind me sending this, but I have to get it off my chest.
When I heard about Joaquin Luna taking his own life, as a fellow DREAMer, I felt sadness. I didn’t really understand the notion of what leads someone to commit suicide, but the older I get, the more I not only understand his decision to take his own life, but I find myself wondering how much longer I can keep on going.
I am entering my fourth year at a community college. When I was in high school, people always told me that regardless of immigration status, I could go to college. I could get enough financial aid and go to college and fulfill my hopes.
No one told me that 99% of scholarships ask for a social. No one told me that I wouldn’t be able to work so my education would be a burden on my family’s finances. No one told me that textbooks cost hundreds of dollars EACH. No one told me that even if I got an Associate’s Degree, I wouldn’t be able to do anything with it because you need a social to do anything with your college degree. No one told me that to even get into nursing programs you need to have a social.
So I changed my major, put a smile on my face, and tried to do the best I could. But how long can I keep that fake smile? How many times can I lie to people who ask me why I’m still at a junior college? How many times can I lie to people about why I don’t drive, or why I don’t have a job, or why I don’t just take out a loan? How long am I expected to do this?
I’m getting to the point where I hate going to school. I’m running out of classes to take. My parents are losing hope that I’ll ever be even half of what they dreamed I could be. My parents themselves are losing faith in the country that was supposed to be the land of opportunity. My parents are considering going back to the country, to the poverty, to the suffering we left behind, since it seems we left suffering for American suffering.
So when I think back to Joaquin Luna, I understand why he took his life, because honestly, in the middle of the night, when the tears won’t stop, I too wonder how long I can keep trying to swim against the stream, how long I can pretend I’m enjoying the struggle.
I understand why Joaquin did what he did.
I hope I have enough strength in me to keep trying to go against that stream.
If you post it, please keep it anon. I don’t want my friends knowing this.
