Ruben Navarrette Jr. on Racism in the Debate Over Immigration

In “The ugly Mexican-American immigration debate” on CNN.com, Ruben Navarrette Jr. talks about th eracism in the debate over immigration:

“As a Mexican-American, that’s how I feel when someone takes note of my support for comprehensive immigration reform, or my opposition to absurd “solutions” to the immigration problem, and concludes that I’m more Mexican than American. Anyone who thinks there is no racism in this debate should read my e-mail. You’d find that readers say things to me they’d probably never say to a columnist who wasn’t Latino. Like this: “You want your people here and despite your convoluted attempts to justify your position, you clearly don’t give a whit on how they get here.” Or this: “You keep justifying the illegal immigrants because you are a Mexican.” Or this: “It is soooo obvious that you are a racist who is ONLY looking out for “your” people!””

KJ