Urca
Well-Known Member
Ok, so, I am a white girl. In California... so obviously my friends are not all white. And that doesnt bug me. They are my friends because they are good people I like to be around. A good percentage of my friends are Mexican. Again, not a problem... its just I get the evil eye every time I say I dont support illegal immigration. They all get mad, say it's racist and blah blah blah, and cause im white I dont understand. A good portion of my mexican friends wouldnt be here unless their parents hadnt been illegal immigrants, or if they werent illegal themselves... but how can I support something that I feel is wrong and detrimental to society? Am I supposed to bow my head and accept it? I have no problem at all with regulated immigration, just illegal immigration leaves a bad taste in my mouth... they drain our system.
They get welfare, free lunch at school, wic, food stamps... and if the dream act passes, a nice american college education. Shit they can even qualify for scholarships... its fucked up. but yet when I think of my friends, I get guilty for feeling the way I do. And I know they do the jobs that most people dont want to do, but honestly if you're in a situation where that is your only option, take the damn job and don't look down on the mexicans working with you.
Basically this comes down to personal responsibility in my eyes. You know how many kids I went to school with thought that they should have it easier because they were mexican and "oppressed"?
They get welfare, free lunch at school, wic, food stamps... and if the dream act passes, a nice american college education. Shit they can even qualify for scholarships... its fucked up. but yet when I think of my friends, I get guilty for feeling the way I do. And I know they do the jobs that most people dont want to do, but honestly if you're in a situation where that is your only option, take the damn job and don't look down on the mexicans working with you.
Basically this comes down to personal responsibility in my eyes. You know how many kids I went to school with thought that they should have it easier because they were mexican and "oppressed"?