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Old 07-01-2007, 23:50   #22
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Re: Serves him right...

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Originally Posted by Wynonie Harris View Post
Do forgive my ignorance, LYY. I'm basing my observations on visits to the USA, staying with latin folks in latin areas like Astoria in Brooklyn. Obviously, your deep involvement in the latin community of Culpepper has given you a superior insight into all this.

However, it seems to me that latins, legal and otherwise, pick up more than their fair share of low wage jobs that the rest of you aren't prepared to do. That's why your government are prepared to turn a blind eye to their presence in your country. Perhaps they were pushing it a bit by going on a march but, in the main, they seem to just get on with things, without complaining too much. But, of course, as they're not "born and bred" there, they don't really have a right to complain about anything, do they?
Just because we know LYY to be a white American of British stock, it's a bit rude to portray him as some WASP Patrick Bateman from American Psycho, sending the poor illegal immigrants out pickin' the God damn cotton in the fields.

No wonder people are so quick to stereotype nationalities, and that most people in the world think us Brits ride carriages through swirling fog, whilst wearing Deer Stalker hats or bustles, preferably not at the same time.
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