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John Schwarzkopf's avatar

Excellent piece as usual. Buti have to disagree that if all the immigrants were white Christians would suddenly be following the teachings of Jesus in regards to immigrants. Irish and Italian immigrants were demonized just as badly when they started coming here in large numbers too. Partially because they were predominantly Catholic, as are most Hispanics. A large group of Americans just hate anyone who's different from them and when they have a cult leader telling them it's okay it just makes it worse.

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JennSH from NC's avatar

The northern white Europeans who came to the New World nearly wiped out the native inhabitants who were already here. They imported black Africans as slave labor and set out to keep them in bondage by creating a caste system based on color. In Mexico, a similar type of caste system was based on how much European ancestry a person had. Tribalism based on skin color has been rampant in this country since its beginnings.

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