Anonymous wrote:I am scared.
I am a US born Hispanic citizen in my 40s. Live here all my life. My parents had green cards when I was born. While I am a citizen, I feel like that means nothing anymore and with my brown skin, hair, and eyes, could easily be rounded up by ICE. They take people and ask questions later. It seems they are going anywhere and with the increased funding they have with this new budget bill, their presence is going to be increased significantly, especially in "sanctuary cities."
At 12 I read the Diary of Anne Frank. At that time, I was shocked how the world could let that happen and so I then decided to be a human rights lawyer. I made it all the way to a graduate degree in International Affairs and stopped short of law school due to the cost. Still, I worked in democracy assistance programs to support countries around the world. All this to say, I love the US and what is stands for but feel so betrayed by my fellow Americans.
These claims to go after criminals are nonsense. They are blaming us for the country's problems when in fact if the Hispanic population in the US was a country, we would be the 5th wealthiest in the world. They are dehumanizing all of us. They are referring to us as alligator food. This reminds me of the Hutus calling the Tutsis roaches just before the genocide in Rwanda. They are sowing so much hate and I see no end to this.
I am scared.
Anonymous wrote:I'm not sure if my housekeepers are documented or not, but I've offered my garage to park in so they won't have to go through outside and they took me up on it. They mentioned how they need a new fridge but they're too scared to goto Home Depot, so I offered my white husband to go get it for them.
The fear is real and we need to show up and help our community as best we can.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Yes and honestly I’m baffled by any non-white person who voted for Trump. I can see voting for the Republicans maybe years ago if you were a fiscal Republican/concerned with social issues. But how can any intelligent person of color not see through the “woke is bad” BS? They laid it all out…Project 2025, Steven Miller, being associated with white supremacist groups. Thinking you were safe because you are the “right type” of immigrant. Now what?
Even Trump admitted about Stephen Miller, who controls immigration policy: "If it was up to Miller there would be only 100 million people in this country, and they would all look like him." They don't like immigrants of color. Period.
Sad
Since he's Jewish
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:50% of hispanic voters wanted this unfortunately
FAFO. The trend of Hispanics voting for Trump republicans is one of the scariest things I’ve seen. Demographically they’ll be the most populous voting block soon and yet they’re voting against their interests.
Who are you to know their interests?
You’re an over-educated white person who arrogantly claims to know the needs of Latinos better than they know their own.
Disgusting bigotry.
I'm watching them being deported. I'm watching them being abducted. I'm watching them crying over losing family members. I'm pretty sure everyone knows that isn't in their best interests.
And it's best not to throw around words like "bigotry" when y9ou clearly don't know what it means.
Where are you that you are seeing this first hand?
Or do you mean you’re “watching” social media posts and mass media? And getting all riled up and regurgitating that here?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:50% of hispanic voters wanted this unfortunately
FAFO. The trend of Hispanics voting for Trump republicans is one of the scariest things I’ve seen. Demographically they’ll be the most populous voting block soon and yet they’re voting against their interests.
Who are you to know their interests?
You’re an over-educated white person who arrogantly claims to know the needs of Latinos better than they know their own.
Disgusting bigotry.
I'm watching them being deported. I'm watching them being abducted. I'm watching them crying over losing family members. I'm pretty sure everyone knows that isn't in their best interests.
And it's best not to throw around words like "bigotry" when y9ou clearly don't know what it means.
There it is. Another white person who feels entitled to tell people of color what’s best for them. You probably call yourself “progressive”.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I'm not Hispanic but I am a naturalized citizen who is also a person of color.
For those saying that there is no need to be concerned, please remember that every now and then, innocent people are incarcerated and it's often years before they are released. Common sense tells me that there is going to innocent people caught up in this movement to rid the country of illegals. So as much as I'm not worried, I am still a little concerned by the current climate.
There is going to be?? Ummm it’s already happened.
Anonymous wrote:I’m worried about my hispanic-looking family members with “ethnic” names. I’m not sure a US passport will even help. I’ve read reports that if ICE wants to arrest you, they couldn’t care less that you have documentation on you and will conveniently ignore it.
Who do we need to contact to stop this madness? ACLU? Our congressional representatives?
Anonymous wrote:My son can pass as Hispanic because of his coloring. It worries me. I had him start carrying his passport card at all times.
It's just terrible times we're living in.
Some kids (young teens) were being unruly at the pool and when the lifeguard admonished them, they snapped back with "Bro, I'm gonna call ICE on your ass! Get you deported!" I knew one of the boy's mom so I messaged her about what he said and also how badly he was behaving at the pool. She didn't care. She literally said "It's crazy they import these lifeguards in, isn't it? Remember when we were kids and lifeguarding was the best job a teen could get? Not anymore." Trash. Total trash.