Comments on: Mexicans in America by Richard Rodriguez http://hispanicpundit.com/2006/08/14/mexicans-in-america-by-richard-rodriguez/ Tue, 16 Mar 2010 21:05:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 By: Kirk http://hispanicpundit.com/2006/08/14/mexicans-in-america-by-richard-rodriguez/#comment-202014 Kirk Fri, 20 Mar 2009 17:13:50 +0000 http://hispanicpundit.com/2006/08/14/mexicans-in-america-by-richard-rodriguez/#comment-202014 His article is very well written and flows very good. His reasoning leaves a bit to be desired. He is assuming that all Americans are an "I" family. He is assuming that all Americans have an "illegal alien" as their nanny while the Americans neglect their children. He also is asserting that we should, under the logic he gives, give back our country back to the Mexican Indians. My family, and most of the families that I am familiar with, regard that Families are first and foremost. There is no 'I' in that as he implies. My family and most of the families that I am familiar with have never had a nanny and take care of their own. We have raised our kids to become productive citizens of these United States of America. My family and the families I am familiar with do not have problems with immigrant workers and treat them with dignity and respect. We have further hired these immigrant workers to do work on our homes, farms and our vehicles. However, we are talking about LEGAL immigrant workers here. My family tries to stay away from people that do things illegally, and we are very comfortable in that. Immigrants that come here illegally are not legal, they are illegal. If they are willing to break that first law entering into our nation, we must suspect them in honoring our laws in these United States. As far as this country belonging to them in the first place, well we won that battle not even fair and square. The Mexicans outnumbered and outgunned us but we persevered, and the treaties were signed making the territory part of the United States. I don't think we are giving it back, and I will be part of those that will fight to the death to protect our country from those that want to take it away, or back, or whatever anyone wants to call it. I know that those that disagree with me are going to call me a racist. If that makes them feel better about themselves, I can't change that. However the America that I will lay my life down for in defense of it, includes all the citizens and legal aliens, regardless of race, creed or color. His article is very well written and flows very good. His reasoning leaves a bit to be desired. He is assuming that all Americans are an “I” family. He is assuming that all Americans have an “illegal alien” as their nanny while the Americans neglect their children.
He also is asserting that we should, under the logic he gives, give back our country back to the Mexican Indians.

My family, and most of the families that I am familiar with, regard that Families are first and foremost. There is no ‘I’ in that as he implies.

My family and most of the families that I am familiar with have never had a nanny and take care of their own. We have raised our kids to become productive citizens of these United States of America.

My family and the families I am familiar with do not have problems with immigrant workers and treat them with dignity and respect. We have further hired these immigrant workers to do work on our homes, farms and our vehicles. However, we are talking about LEGAL immigrant workers here.

My family tries to stay away from people that do things illegally, and we are very comfortable in that. Immigrants that come here illegally are not legal, they are illegal. If they are willing to break that first law entering into our nation, we must suspect them in honoring our laws in these United States.

As far as this country belonging to them in the first place, well we won that battle not even fair and square. The Mexicans outnumbered and outgunned us but we persevered, and the treaties were signed making the territory part of the United States. I don’t think we are giving it back, and I will be part of those that will fight to the death to protect our country from those that want to take it away, or back, or whatever anyone wants to call it.

I know that those that disagree with me are going to call me a racist. If that makes them feel better about themselves, I can’t change that. However the America that I will lay my life down for in defense of it, includes all the citizens and legal aliens, regardless of race, creed or color.

]]> By: Pauline http://hispanicpundit.com/2006/08/14/mexicans-in-america-by-richard-rodriguez/#comment-184079 Pauline Sat, 19 Jul 2008 22:59:56 +0000 http://hispanicpundit.com/2006/08/14/mexicans-in-america-by-richard-rodriguez/#comment-184079 I am really sick of the Mexicans complaining about how bad they are treated in America. If its so bad here go back to Mexico. Even your own Country, your own government treats its own people worse than the American people. So quit your whining, your here, suck it up , get an education, stop making excuses and get over yourselves and move on. From my point of view, your families brought you here, you raise families of criminals all victimized by America! GO BACK TO MEXICO! MAKE YOUR COUNTRY GREAT! OTHERWISE SHUT UP! I am really sick of the Mexicans complaining about how bad they are treated in America. If its so bad here go back to Mexico. Even your own Country, your own government treats its own people worse than the American people. So quit your whining, your here, suck it up , get an education, stop making excuses and get over yourselves and move on.

From my point of view, your families brought you here, you raise families of criminals all victimized by America! GO BACK TO MEXICO! MAKE YOUR COUNTRY GREAT! OTHERWISE SHUT UP!

]]> By: DD http://hispanicpundit.com/2006/08/14/mexicans-in-america-by-richard-rodriguez/#comment-108542 DD Mon, 21 Aug 2006 16:38:13 +0000 http://hispanicpundit.com/2006/08/14/mexicans-in-america-by-richard-rodriguez/#comment-108542 Great read. Thanks. :) Great read. Thanks. :)

]]> By: El Nonyo http://hispanicpundit.com/2006/08/14/mexicans-in-america-by-richard-rodriguez/#comment-107345 El Nonyo Tue, 15 Aug 2006 18:32:31 +0000 http://hispanicpundit.com/2006/08/14/mexicans-in-america-by-richard-rodriguez/#comment-107345 One day as we were reading Julius Caeser in English class (ca. 1990), our concentration was disrupted by the heavy bass boom of a lowrider rolling down the adjacent boulevard. A classmate's voice then cut through the silence saying, "Hey, Nonyo, your mom's here!" Everyone laughed. That same day at lunch, another classmate asked me if my mom's Mexican Pizzas were of as good a quality as those available at Taco Bell. Everyone was laughing too hard to hear me say that yes, indeed, they were. I guess this was the view through that marvelous open door America presents to us as children of immigrants. I became a one man gang. One day as we were reading Julius Caeser in English class (ca. 1990), our concentration was disrupted by the heavy bass boom of a lowrider rolling down the adjacent boulevard. A classmate’s voice then cut through the silence saying, “Hey, Nonyo, your mom’s here!” Everyone laughed. That same day at lunch, another classmate asked me if my mom’s Mexican Pizzas were of as good a quality as those available at Taco Bell. Everyone was laughing too hard to hear me say that yes, indeed, they were.
I guess this was the view through that marvelous open door America presents to us as children of immigrants.
I became a one man gang.

]]> By: mortalez http://hispanicpundit.com/2006/08/14/mexicans-in-america-by-richard-rodriguez/#comment-107336 mortalez Tue, 15 Aug 2006 14:28:36 +0000 http://hispanicpundit.com/2006/08/14/mexicans-in-america-by-richard-rodriguez/#comment-107336 This artical makes alot of sense, I live in texas in a city where the mexican population is very high, and I too have noticed the difference in the family structure, I once worked in a nursing home it had around 100 rooms mostly white and black residents out of the 90 or so residents only 2 hispanics, one was a 70 year old latina that never had any children the other had a large family and there was someone visiting her everyday be it sons daughters grand children etc etc...... and the latter was only there for 6 months her son came and got her as soon as the extra room he built on his house was finished. In my middle class black family that is unheard of, for the most part we will park our old people in a home soon as they can nolonger care for themselves. Or I remember an exgirlfriend from highschool who had 4 brothers her brothers could not stand me {did want their sister dating a miate) but I was in a teen club and got into a fight with 4 redneck kids and her brothers were there and jumped in(drug them out side and beat the crap out of them) They did not help me because they liked me, they jumped in because their mother liked me and I was their sisters novio, again the family thing. This artical makes alot of sense, I live in texas in a city where the mexican population is very high, and I too have noticed the difference in the family structure, I once worked in a nursing home it had around 100 rooms mostly white and black residents out of the 90 or so residents only 2 hispanics, one was a 70 year old latina that never had any children the other had a large family and there was someone visiting her everyday be it sons daughters grand children etc etc…… and the latter was only there for 6 months her son came and got her as soon as the extra room he built on his house was finished. In my middle class black family that is unheard of, for the most part we will park our old people in a home soon as they can nolonger care for themselves.

Or I remember an exgirlfriend from highschool who had 4 brothers her brothers could not stand me {did want their sister dating a miate) but I was in a teen club and got into a fight with 4 redneck kids and her brothers were there and jumped in(drug them out side and beat the crap out of them) They did not help me because they liked me, they jumped in because their mother liked me and I was their sisters novio, again the family thing.

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