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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I was at a college presentation and tour the other day with my senior and the world language chair used the term "LatinX."  Immediately, you could see the parents (and students) shaking their heads and rolling their eyes.  Funny how people who use that term are so oblivious to how dopey they look.[/quote]

I could see the parents, but I don't believe you when you talk about the students.  It's common enough among young people that students would not bat an eye.[/quote]

Sure maybe in the pottery department at Emily Dickinson College, Latinx would be used, but not in the.math department at Carnegie Mellon [/quote]

Watch out for the kiln, Fawn! I’ve got a baaaaaaddddd feeling about it! [/quote]

I actually know a professor from Carnegie Mellon.  She uses the term.  She's in the English department.  The point is that some people use it and some don't.  It's not a big deal.  All of a sudden, Rs care about Latinos.  Interesting.[/quote]

of course they care now.  they see it is helping them convince hispanics to vote republican.[/quote]

Shocker. I know. Some Hispanic people like low taxes for their business, and to refute the soft bigotry of low expectations offered by the democrats. It’s crazy. [/quote]

And some want to pull up the ladder and not pass DACA[/quote]

Especially the ones who followed the law and immigrated legally. It's insulting (btw) to treat all hispanics as though they are illegal immigrants.[/quote]

My family "followed the law and immigrated legally". We could do that because we have education and money. The immigration system does not make it easy to come in legally if you do not have money. Yet our economy has a lot of demand for low-skilled workers. [b]Often from the most hawkish anti-immigration people. They are the ones that hire undocumented immigrants and then commit wage theft. [/b]

If we really wanted no undocumented immigrants, then the best thing to do would be to focus enforcement efforts on the companies that hire them. But that has never been done. The reality is we want these workers, we just want them to live in fear so we can exploit them .[/quote]

DP.  At least be honest.  Plenty of liberal business owners hire illegal, low-skilled workers.  You know that, right?   :roll: [/quote]

So? Their politics align with their actions. They recognize the value of immigrants undocumented or not. Right-wing anti-immigration elected officials like Tommy Hamm who rail against undocumented immigrants but hire them and steal their wages are showing us what this system is really about.

If we don't want undocumented immigrants, WHY DON'T WE PROSECUTE THE COMPANIES THAT USE THEM?

I'll say it again.

If we don't want undocumented immigrants, WHY DON'T WE PROSECUTE THE COMPANIES THAT USE THEM? [/quote]

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