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15 de Mayo, 2007
Choppin' Off the Nose
Categorized under Derechos Humanos , Migra | Tags: ALIENZ
LATINA LISTA talks about some of the first signs of how Ordinance 2903, passed Saturday in Farmer's Branch, Texas—and the first of its kind in the state—will affect similar communities:
With the passage over the weekend of Ordinance 2903 that starting May 22 will fine landlords $500 a day for leasing to undocumented immigrants, neighboring suburban apartment complexes have already thrown out the Welcome Mat to those who must move.
It's a situation that some apartment complexes in Farmers Branch have reported is already affecting their businesses — adversely.
Farmers Branch may have been successful in making undocumented immigrants unwelcome but they are also endangering their own economy.
Don't believe it?
It was enough of a reason for the Mayor of Farmers Branch to go public with his opposition to the Ordinance.
—Latina Lista, The Nation Should Take a Lesson from Farmers Branch, Texas
It's like I said: go ahead. Gut the country of ALIENZ. Because they aren't human, right? And they aren't actually helping the economy or communities! Nah! Squeeze 'em out: raids, landlords, teargas parades, don't matter. Just get the undesirable spinach-pickin, dish-washing, meat-packing, gardening, construction workin' filth out of Our Grand Country. I agree, your face will look much better once the nose comes off! Pass the hatchet!
And meanwhile, dig the historical context of the Farmer's Branch incident as only XP can tell it:
However, what occurred in Farmers Branch is not unusual - it is one of America’s best keep secret. Towns such as Farmers Branch are often called “sundown towns” - where communities systematically exclude people of color - mainly African Americans - from living in it.
—XicanoPwr Farmers Branch, TX: The New All-American Sundown Town
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Comentarios (10)
Rafael dijo:
Why am I not surprised?
I saw one of the signs on CNN that read "You are Illegal, you have no voice" which really means "You are not HUMAN, therefore you have no voice".
Palabras por Rafael spat forth on el 15 de Mayo, 2007 at 01:15 PM
leesee dijo:
The law of unintended consequences will kill off this little backward burg.
Palabras por leesee spat forth on el 15 de Mayo, 2007 at 04:38 PM
Yolanda Carrington dijo:
The mayor's worried about the economic effects of the ordinance, as a politician would. What about the damage to lives and families?---the damage the city is causing. Why are those concerns never in the picture?
Palabras por Yolanda Carrington spat forth on el 15 de Mayo, 2007 at 08:38 PM
XP dijo:
I found out about the vote when I started getting hate mail through Aztlan Electronic News.
This comes from Mary Ellen Burke -
GO HOME!
Get out of DODGE! Go clean up your own corrupt country and leave ours alone!!!
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If only the ignorant xenophobic really knew. I am home and I am doing my best to clean up this corrupt country. JEJEJEJE
Poor lost soulless pendeja.
Palabras por XP spat forth on el 15 de Mayo, 2007 at 08:53 PM
nezua limón xolagrafik-jonez dijo:
"Dodge"? Wow. I feel like meetin someone at high noon with muh pistolas.
Palabras por nezua limón xolagrafik-jonez spat forth on el 15 de Mayo, 2007 at 09:02 PM
Sylvia dijo:
You know what? It actually amuses me when racism and xenophobia become too expensive for officials to maintain, and they start getting conflicted. That's what happens when your supremacist bullshit affects the lives of human beings -- market force karma hits you in the back of the head like WHAM.
Palabras por Sylvia spat forth on el 16 de Mayo, 2007 at 03:43 AM
Deoridhe dijo:
I have to admit a certain amount of malicious amusement at their community suffering for it's racism, but I feel awful for the people suffering because of racists.
Sundown towns.
Ew.
Palabras por Deoridhe spat forth on el 16 de Mayo, 2007 at 06:50 AM
nezua limón xolagrafik-jonez dijo:
so true, sylvia. the world makes me sad sometimes because karma in market force form seems to be the only type we heed.
Palabras por nezua limón xolagrafik-jonez spat forth on el 16 de Mayo, 2007 at 07:36 AM
mikefromtexas dijo:
Remember, the entire state of Colorado did this last year. Then started whining and crying when 2 billion dollars of crops rotted in their fields. They got exactly what they asked for. When the apartment occupancy rate drops close to 50% and all that money of the departed folks is being spent somewhere else, Farmers Branch will start whining too. Hope someone tells them to STFU.
Palabras por mikefromtexas spat forth on el 16 de Mayo, 2007 at 07:02 PM
nezua limón xolagrafik-jonez dijo:
right, mike. that's what i'm saying. wtf's wrong these racists' brains. they think they can take out the BROWN and yet keep all the trade and purchasing activity that these people make possible. i say, okay, go 'head. disrupt ya own economy. but you better own the blame when it all begins tanking.
Palabras por nezua limón xolagrafik-jonez spat forth on el 16 de Mayo, 2007 at 07:12 PM