It's Time to Boycott Arizona

[Canela]

Re: Drug wars--and their effect on our borders...
http://www.themonitor.com/articles/m...es-grande.html

Re: Wonderful Rick Perry and his great ideas about curbing the border crossings...spoken like a true beureaucrat...
http://www.themonitor.com/articles/p...der-costs.html

Re: Fancy cars in the valley...
http://www.themonitor.com/articles/p...andy-cars.html

Re: Home Sales
http://www.themonitor.com/articles/s...les-style.html

Here you go, this is an opportunity to share your opinion on how to handle the border violence here in South Texas...(how desperate is that?)
http://www.themonitor.com/articles/s...der-input.html

And now, I want to apologize to the OP for the derail of this thread...unfortunately, generalized statements about ALL the US Mexico borders carry their own regional needs.....so not one idea will fit all areas....

[apretty]

littleshug: maybe you'd like to a thread on the subject of drugs, the pros and cons of legalization/government regulation vs. increasing the police/build a bigger wall or whatever you'd like.

'boycott arizona' and SB1070 are about *racial profiling* nothing more, nothing less. SB1070 is about creating a fascist police-state, dividing further an already fractured community in the state of arizona.

i understand that the topics of crime/drugs/economy/human trafficking are all *related* but they're frequently used to intentionally put blame on BROWN people which for some, justifies their underlying racist beliefs which leads to fascist laws like SB1070.

"never forget that everything Hitler did in Germany was legal." -MLK, Jr.

[Canela]

Originally Posted by apretty

littleshug: maybe you'd like to a thread on the subject of drugs, the pros and cons of legalization/government regulation vs. increasing the police/build a bigger wall or whatever you'd like.

'boycott arizona' and SB1070 are about *racial profiling* nothing more, nothing less. SB1070 is about creating a fascist police-state, dividing further an already fractured community in the state of arizona.

i understand that the topics of crime/drugs/economy/human trafficking are all *related* but they're frequently used to intentionally put blame on BROWN people which for some, justifies their underlying racist beliefs which leads to fascist laws like SB1070.

"never forget that everything Hitler did in Germany was legal." -MLK, Jr.

apretty,

I apologized for my derail. I responded to someone who quoted only that part of my original post. Funny, I don't see you reply to his post to me.

[MsDemeanor]

I agree that the legalization topic should be a new thread. So far we've managed to stay fairly drama free, and I'm hoping to keep it that way. There's been a lot of good information and insight so far.

[Soon]

[nomedia="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wo3wrwqHOZw&feature=player_embedded"]YouTube- Kristol praises new AZ immigration law[/nomedia]


of course, the white guys cannot believe that a POC would be stopped due to their brown skin or Hispanic accent (with the one person who IS a POC tellling them, umm...no, they will!)

[AtLast]

Originally Posted by HowSoonIsNow

YouTube- Kristol praises new AZ immigration law


of course, the white guys cannot believe that a POC would be stopped due to their brown skin or Hispanic accent (with the one person who IS a POC tellling them, umm...no, they will!)

Especially THIS white guy!!

Originally Posted by Jess

If there is always a good side to every bad situation, then perhaps this latest "maverick " action on the part of AZ goverment will FORCE congress/ senate to take more immediate action toward the simplifying the legalization process.

I fear that until the Fed government steps up and handles the business of running this country properly, more states ( particularly border states) will try to take the reigns in their own hands and we can see how that is working.

What we can do :

http://org2.democracyinaction.org/o/...ction_KEY=2481

Thanks for the link. My hope is that some concentrated rallies with people from within and outside of AZ will take place. I'm game. I think it is important for non-Latino people to join forces and articulate outrage.

[Jess]

Originally Posted by AtLastHome

Especially THIS white guy!!



Thanks for the link. My hope is that some concentrated rallies with people from within and outside of AZ will take place. I'm game. I think it is important for non-Latino people to join forces and articulate outrage.

Absolutely! We sit half a country or world in some cases apart from one another and see this shit daily. Instead of yelling at the poor folks living with this shit, we need to be seeking ways we can help from our own little corner of the world! Amen!

[apretty]

AMERICAN arrested for driving while brown and not having the correct papers.

(sheriff joe is a disgusting piece of garbage that makes his own rules, constantly at odds with the POLICE department of phoenix. he's a criminal and his people chained a woman to her hospital bed, forcing her to GIVE BIRTH while in handcuffs.)