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Originally Posted by goof2
As Homeslice already pointed out, Mexicans, the President of Mexico, American politicians, the ACLU, the Mexican American Legal Defense & Education Fund, the National Immigration Law Center, and the NAACP are a few of the people/groups. 
Where are you seeing the discrimination today that you want compared to Irish/Italian historical immigration? You call me a jackass for talking about Mexicans, yet in the next post 101lifts quotes you saying the main issue is Mexicans, regardless of their legal status. I fail to see how I am the jackass because I remember what you have stated in this thread while you don't.  |
The comments about Irish/Italians was a specific discussion with Papa for informational purposes. Its a an offshoot of an offshoot of the original topic.
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From what I gather, the main issue isn't immigration or their legal status.
Its Mexicans.
If every Mexican crossing the border did so legit and were completely legal, I have a feeling that instead of calling for better border controls folks would be calling for strict quotas on Mexican immigrants.
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So in other words, people don't like them because they have (semi)brown skin. Millions of, say, French people could enter illegally and pop out millions of kids, occupy emergency rooms, drive without insurance, earn money under the table, send billions of it outside the US, wave the French flag everywhere including on July 4th, and claim that they hold original rights to this land, and nobody would have any problem with it, because they're white.
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Throughout our history, it is those who looked different that generated the most butthurting among the majority.
There were no laws against Irish or Italian immigrants but there damn sure laws against asian and african countries.
Its natural. If they look different then they are bad.
It is subliminal.
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Paul, around the turn of the last century it was Irish who were looked down upon. Then it was Italians. These people you imply aren't readily recognizable in a public setting were, in fact, readily recognizable.
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From there it it branched off on a "post your info discussion". Papa posted a pic to support his claim and I challenged.
As for the second part of you post:
first part of my post means exactly what it says.
I personally do not see Mexicans being discriminated against.
Second part is literal
"What groups are claiming that Mexicans are being discriminated against?"
Its a query for information.
I want to know which groups are making the claim so I can review the case they are trying to make.
To sum up...
You = Jackass