"The Haitians who come to our border seeking refuge have suffered beyond the imagination of most Americans. How we see and treat them says a great deal about the state of our own hearts and consciences."
That sums it up nicely and so many American idiots are perfectly willing to pour more suffering down the throats of those already drowning in it. Many in the name of an idea called god. If god loves humans so much, I implore it to get rid of these cruel fools.
Thank you for putting this into such human terms. So many of us are children of immigrants.....my family came from Sicily and Italy (yes, two separate places and if you know Sicilians, this is not news to you). I am heartbroken and angry when I hear the comments from the women in my Italian club ranting on and on how immigrants should "assimilate" just like our grandparents did. No mercy, no forgiveness, no compassion. So how can we do something when now I can already hear "crisis at the border" and fear on steroids.
I was about to reply what Judith said. As with the Irish, that discrimination didn't end till fairly recently. I can remember all kinds of "Wop jokes" when I was in the Navy a bit more than 50 years ago.
Do you have opportunity to remind them of the severe discrimination that their immigrant grandparents - Sicilian and Italian - experienced? Sad that the second-generation Italian-Americans no longer know about that.
There has been a myth circulating in our family that one of our great, great (I forget how many "greats") grandmothers was a native American who "came down the river in a boat" with our g-g-g-grandfather (who owned the boat and was NOT a native American), then took on the name "Mary" and had a family. I held on to that myth most of my life because it gave me a tiny sense of pleasure to think that I just MIGHT have a bonafide credential of being able to consider myself native to this land. That myth was completely shattered when I succumbed to the temptation of one of those DNA tests. There's not a shred of native American in us. Not a shred. Every one of us came from immigrants - and now I know the full story. To confirm it, I took a SECOND DNA test - and yeppers - same history. Same countries. So your stories are my stories too. Although the paths might have been different, my ancestors fled whatever they needed to flee for self preservation. How dare any of us turn away others fleeing for their very lives. How dare we!
I saw a sign on a trumper's business: FREEDOM OF CHOICE
Really? For all of us? For women who need an abortion? The absence of logic or reason is astonishing. idjts, all of them who are propelled by the backroom wizards of destruction.
I think Biden and team made a serious error with the Haitian refugees. The behavior of the idjt cowboys could well have been choreographed to embarrass the administration and outrage the populace who cares.
We need a justice department moving just a tad faster.
"The Haitians who come to our border seeking refuge have suffered beyond the imagination of most Americans. How we see and treat them says a great deal about the state of our own hearts and consciences."
That sums it up nicely and so many American idiots are perfectly willing to pour more suffering down the throats of those already drowning in it. Many in the name of an idea called god. If god loves humans so much, I implore it to get rid of these cruel fools.
Thank you for putting this into such human terms. So many of us are children of immigrants.....my family came from Sicily and Italy (yes, two separate places and if you know Sicilians, this is not news to you). I am heartbroken and angry when I hear the comments from the women in my Italian club ranting on and on how immigrants should "assimilate" just like our grandparents did. No mercy, no forgiveness, no compassion. So how can we do something when now I can already hear "crisis at the border" and fear on steroids.
I was about to reply what Judith said. As with the Irish, that discrimination didn't end till fairly recently. I can remember all kinds of "Wop jokes" when I was in the Navy a bit more than 50 years ago.
Do you have opportunity to remind them of the severe discrimination that their immigrant grandparents - Sicilian and Italian - experienced? Sad that the second-generation Italian-Americans no longer know about that.
Oh yes, but it falls on deaf ears. Many of them get off on posting memes trashing President Biden, and they won't listen to anything rational.
What can I say? I have no words. I am sad, angry, and in despair at what we do to one another.
EXCELLENT! You had my admiration with every word. Keep up the story telling.
There has been a myth circulating in our family that one of our great, great (I forget how many "greats") grandmothers was a native American who "came down the river in a boat" with our g-g-g-grandfather (who owned the boat and was NOT a native American), then took on the name "Mary" and had a family. I held on to that myth most of my life because it gave me a tiny sense of pleasure to think that I just MIGHT have a bonafide credential of being able to consider myself native to this land. That myth was completely shattered when I succumbed to the temptation of one of those DNA tests. There's not a shred of native American in us. Not a shred. Every one of us came from immigrants - and now I know the full story. To confirm it, I took a SECOND DNA test - and yeppers - same history. Same countries. So your stories are my stories too. Although the paths might have been different, my ancestors fled whatever they needed to flee for self preservation. How dare any of us turn away others fleeing for their very lives. How dare we!
I saw a sign on a trumper's business: FREEDOM OF CHOICE
Really? For all of us? For women who need an abortion? The absence of logic or reason is astonishing. idjts, all of them who are propelled by the backroom wizards of destruction.
I think Biden and team made a serious error with the Haitian refugees. The behavior of the idjt cowboys could well have been choreographed to embarrass the administration and outrage the populace who cares.
We need a justice department moving just a tad faster.
Given how out of control and pro-Trump the Border Patrol is, the idea they did it on purpose is likely close to true.
Very thought-provoking blog today, TC. Thank you.