Until now.
Patrick Buchanan, spiritual leader of today's Know Nothings, and two time presidential candidate, said on Hannity & Colmes what it is that really bothers him about immigration: Latinos.
Yup. Buchanan admitted fearing Latinos will soon number 100 million (regardless of the flow of undocumented workers), and that we're contributing to the evolution of American culture. It's a major theme in his new book Day of Reckoning in which he breathelssly blames Latinos for the fall of America.
It's beyond silly and very dangerous propaganda--and it's being aided by Fox and Sir Hannity.
When asked by Alan Colmes if he isn't simply fighting immigration the way the Know Nothings did against his own earlier immigrant family members, Buchanan said a few very telling things:
1) That Latinos are different because they own media, hail from countries nearer to the U.S. and they come with their own culture.
“Let me tell you the difference in the American southwest. The fastest growing television stations and radio stations are Hispanic. There’s a huge number of folks contiguous to Mexico. Our ancestors came across the seas. Look, they’ve got their own language, their own culture. They don’t want to be Americans.”2) That the Irish immigrants that were brutalized by American nativists damaged America because they too came in large numbers. Buchanan started to blame the so-called gang wars of New York City on Irish immigrants but he was cut off by Sir Hannity.
Buchanan coming out and speaking so clearly about his anti-Latino bigotry is actually a good thing. All Latinos and decent Americans everywhere need to be real clear about what we're up against. It's only when we as a society know the and who's afflicted can we being cut out the cancer.
Below is the video courtesy of NewsHound and YouTube. It offers an important teaching moment on the dangers of nativism, racism, politics and media for concerned Americans everywhere.
2 comments:
As a latin-american immigrant since 1957, I detest the term "latino"; it seems to include french, portuguese and even romanian people, all of whom speak romance languages. Secondly, Mr. Buchanan's opinion is protected by the Constitution of this country. Finally, to expect our host country to change ANYTHING just to meet our ill placed demands seems petty and arrogant. We had the opportunity to demand that our own respective governments create employment and other opportunities for us BEFORE we chose to emigrate. That might have made things better for all of our compatriots so that they might have a better life on our own soil. Basta ya! indeed: if we insist on staying here,let us improve our english language skills and educate ourselves better so we can more easily move up the ladder of success and wealth that brought us here in the first place. Basta ya ! of berating our host nation!
I am an "African-American" and it always amazes that white Americans, especially those who have never had to work hard, can belittle and justify cruel treatment of other races. I agree with you pippop about the term Latino. I have never thought of it that way. It makes perfect sense seeing it is from the root Latin.
I do not see the problem with coming to this country for a better life. Hell, most of the Mexicans, Cubans, El Salvadorians, and Peruvians I went to school with have had family here since my family first moved to California in 1962.
White Americans, as other Americans, love finding other people to blame for there problems. Looking in the morror is very hard to do, and we avoid it as often as possible. However, it is time we take a long stare to see what we are, and what we always have been - a nation of greed and wrecklessness.
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