:::::The Times cites as an example the town of Pearson, Georgia, where until recently everybody knew everybody else and there had been no significant influx since the Irish in the 1850's. Starting in the 1990's, hundreds of Mexican immigrants began settling in Pearson, attracted by agricultural work and manufacturing jobs. Today, the newcomers are proudly prepared to say, "This is our town now, too.":::::

GOOD OLE PEARSON, PA. DANGNABBIT! REMEMBER OLE PEARSON, GEORGIA? LIKE A PEACH SHE WAS. 'MEMBER SHOOTIN' BUNNIES IN A GUNNYSACK? 'MEMBER WHEN EDDIE THE BUTCHER WAS BANGIN' YOUR SISTER AND HER BEST FRIEND TOLD YOUR BARBER AND YOU COULDN'T EVEN WALK DOWN THE STREET WITHOUT SOMEBODY TALKIN' TO YA ABOUT IT? 'MEMBER THEM DAYS? MEMBER WHEN SALLY SMITH ASKED YOUR RABID BULL TO THE PROM? OR WHEN TED FARLEY CAUGHT DWEEZIL WITH THE KAISER ROLL AND HE HAD TO TRAVEL OVER TO BARFWATER TO GET HIS GROCERIES WITHOUT ANY WISECRACKS?

WELL ALLLLLLLL THET'S CHANGED NOW! AND JEST WHEN WE THOUGHT WE WERE DONE DEALIN' WITH THE IRISH—YOU REMEMBER THEM? WUT'D WE USED TA CALL THEM? WHITE N--OH WHAT? YOU DO REMEMBER? YEAH. WELL, JUST WHEN ALLLLL THAT MESS FINALLY SETTLED DOWN, NOW WE GOTS US A HUGE TIDAL WAVE OF SWARTHY SOMBRERO-WEARIN' JOB-STEALIN, TEKILYA DRINKIN MEXIKINZZZZZZ.

HELL, BOB. IF IT AIN'T ONE RACE THAT'S TRYIN' TO INVADE OUR HOLY WHITE NATION, IT'S ANOTHER! WELL, YOU KNOW, THEM MEXIKINZ, HELL. THEY SMELT YOUR JOB UP HERE, YOUR AVACADO-PICKIN' JOB, BOB! JUST SMELT IT ALLLLL THE WAY DOWN IN OAXACA! AND THEY BOUGHT THEMSELVES A FIRST CLASS TICKET UP HERE AS SOON AS THEY DID! JUST TO WORK PICKIN' AVACADOS! LIKE YOU USED TO DO. BEFORE THEY STOLE YOUR JOB! GRRRRRR!

WELL GUESS WHAT, BOB!? NOT ONLY DID THEY STEAL YOUR JOB, THE PERVERTS ARE EVEN ATTRACTED TO IT, IF YA CAN B'LEEEEEVE THAT! YEAH!!! THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING! IT'S URGENT N SHIT! TO MAKE IT ALL WORSE, THOSE WETBACKS HAVE THE NERVE TO HAVE PRIIIIIDE! ABOUT IT! GRRRRR! MEXIKINZ!!!!!!!!

:::::::Altogether, hundreds of thousands of immigrants, most of them from Mexico, have settled in the South over the past decade. In Atkinson County, where Pearson is situated, Hispanics accounted for onloy [SIC] three percent of the population in 1990. By 2004, they had become the largest minority group, accounting officially for 21 percent of the population -- perhaps as much as a third if illegal immigrants were included. Whites now amount to about 60 percent of the population and blacks 19 percent.:::::::

IN CASE YA FORGET, THESE MEXIKINZ ARE MOSTLY MEXICAN!!!!! I TOLD YA IT'S A RED ALERT! YA HEAR ME, BAZHEEKWA? WE'RE IN THIS TOGETHER, BRO! YEAH! YOU AND ME, AND SEE WHO ELSE YA CAN ROUND UP, GET THE CHINK DOWN THE BLOCK BECUZ WE ALL NEED TA BAND TOGETHER ON THIS ONE, HOMESLICE!!!! THESE MEXIKINZ GOT TSUNAMIS, AND POISON LIZARDS AND MALNUTRITIONED FARMERS N SHIT MAN!

:::::::According to the Times, "The sudden shift is upending traditional Southern notions of race and class, leaving many whites and blacks grappling with unexpected feelings of dislocation, loss and anger as they adjust to their community's evolving ethnic identity."
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IT'S FRIGGIN HORRRRRRRRRRRRRIBLE MAN, IT'S LIKE THE KATRINA OF EMOTIONS HERE! OUR DELICATE SOUTHERN PSYCHES ARE LIKE, ALLLL FUCKED UP N SHIT! AND YOU KNOW THESE ALIENZ ARE TOO POOR TO PAY FOR OUR THERAPY! IT'S A WAR, DUDE! THEY HAVE DROPPED A POPULATION BOMB ON OUR IDENTITIES N SHIT MAN!

:::::::The immigrants themselves are torn between identification with their adopted culture and a sense of never quite fitting in.:::::::

AND SOMETHIN' ABOUT THE ALIENZ, OR SOMETHING! BUT MOSTLY, JEEEZIX, BRITNEY, WHAT THE HELL ARE WE GONNNNNA DOOOO!!!! THEY'RE EVEN BRINGIN' THEIR BLAZING HOT WEATHER UP HERE WITH THEM! DAMMIT, THEY'RE RUINING EVERYTHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIING HELLLLLLLLLLLLP—

     —the unapologetic mexican