Ortiz, who was wearing a jersey from a Mexican soccer team, said the teacher told him to sit in the front row.
She proceeded to single him out repeatedly, Ortiz said, pointing at him as she made comments like, “The Mexicans with their attitudes are the racist ones.”
Continuing to point at Ortiz, she allegedly told the class that Mexicans always “expect handouts” and “soon it's going to be the United States of Mexico,” according to Ortiz.
This happened at Thomas Jefferson High School in San Antonio, my high school. (Class of '74) We should expect the anti-hispanic rhetoric to continue from the republican party especially since republican lawmakers (State Representative Debbie Riddle) have said the exact same thing as the teacher did. They are using the problem of immigration to justify their hatred, something they did not show when Bush was in office.
This hatred will continue until Hispanics stand up and start voting. We do not need the hateful involved in solving this problem. The republican party is continuing to act like a bunch of fear mongering racists because the Hispanic community is not standing up and demanding that it stop.
They will have a chance to put a stop to this in Nov.
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A few things I would like to point out: 1)not everyone in the Republican party supports this legislation, and prominent Republicans have come out in opposition to it. 2)You say this attitude was not shown during the Bush admin; do we not recall the battle over comprehensive immigration reform from 2001 to 2007 (portrayed quite well in the HBO doc "The Senator's Bargain")? And 3) the rhetoric from the left and the right on this issue is going to kill any chance at addressing comprehensive immigration reform at any point in the near future. Reasonable voices will merely be crying in the wilderness.
Not all republicans are racists, but all racists are republicans.
That is one scary face. She should be the face of the gop. They are some scary people.
Speaker Pelosi has indicated that the Catholic Church should become involved in the immigration reform issue. And she is right. Many Catholics are latino, Mexican-American, the importance of voting should be of primary concern.....when the word immigration is used do you think of Germans, Polish, Swedish immigrants, are is the focus on Mexicans - something called tribal stigmatization - google that....
"If you shoot one more black man in Bellaire in cold blood, then your damn city will go up in flames." Quote today from Democratic activist Quanell X protesting the jury's decision in the Toland case. Sounds like a terroristic threat, doesn't it? And hateful and racist to boot. But nah, he's a black man, so he can't be a racist; only white people can be racists.
what I cant stand is those republicans who cant debate an issue without resorting to hate mongering.
They do it to get a reaction from people. One of these days they will get a fist down their throat and they will deserve every bit of it.
I agree. Maybe a few missing teeth would make them think twice before shooting off their racist mouth.
It's a shame that this has to be said in the United States in 2010, but I guess it has to be said:
It is wrong to threaten or effect violence over a political disagreement.
Seriously, what the hell is wrong with you people that you will assault someone because of something they said? If you actually attempt such violence (I have no doubt that you will), I hope you fail and are arrested, tried and convicted for your crime.
Because that's what it is -- a crime.
let's see...the teabaggers can carry guns at rallies and say we need to reload, that is ok.
But when the liberals have enough and threaten to kick your front teeth in if you disrespect them again, it is wrong?
I just don't get it. you tea baggers might need a good old fashion ass whipping to get your mouth in order.
I would love to see Brad Goehring, California GOP candidate have to face consequences for his "open season on liberals" remark, but he won't. It will probably only help in his bid to unseat McInerny.
The GOP and like-minded hate-monger groups spew vile garbage with the expectation that susceptible individuals--like Scott Roeder or Timothy McVeigh--will do their dirty work for them. The inciters can plausibly distance themselves from the individuals' actions.
As soon as law enforcement officers get caught going too far in abusing a person or their rights under this law, Arizona GOPers and lawmakers will call them rogues and cut them loose. Notice "get caught", because abuse will be tolerated as long as it doesn't get reported.
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