I am a great admirer of your work but your piece on Arizona was predictable, I knew your stance even before reading it - you may be the single WHITEST guy in America.
I suspected you would endorse something as un-American as “guilty until proven innocent,” even just to roll your intellectual dice but probably, again, because you actually radiant whiteness, like over-bleached chompers.
Yet, this is inherent ideology for someone such as yourself, no offense, who is white and does not understand the already tedious daily struggle to prove we are “legal’ and not criminals or drug dealers.
I assume you are not followed every time you go to Target, or get funny, frightened looks by simply walking around? Or pulled over for any little issue?
It is a common feeling amongst white people that, for some reason, believe they are entitled to this land above anyone else, even though, they are all descendants of immigrants. As Colbert said, “My great granddaddy didn’t come 4,000 miles to let this place get overrun by immigrants.”
But really, it’s a stupid fiscal move. I am Puerto Rican. The law insures me all the other 6 million Ricans won’t be visiting anytime soon. Not to mention anyone who even remotely looks Latino or who has brownish tones, brown eyes, black hair or likes tanning salons.
Yes, I am guilty as charged, Mr. Will. I am brown and breathing, I must have done something wrong. Or else why would God grant me this color?
And finally, found this to be borderline ridiculous:
“Arizonans should not be judged disdainfully and from a distance by people whose closest contacts with Hispanics are with fine men and women who trim their lawns”
How, exactly, are you any different?
This is not about borders or immigrants sir, it is about the mentality that permeates and makes difficult our daily existence and presence in this country. This law complicates our already complicated relationship with white America.
Yes, I may be at a distance but this effects ALL Hispanics. Sorry, but only a Hispanic can understand the distinction, not the whitest human being in this country, huh, George…Will?
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Open Letter to George Will
Mr. Will
I am a great admirer of your work but your piece on Arizona was predictable, I knew your stance even before reading it - you may be the single WHITEST guy in America.
I suspected you would endorse something as un-American as “guilty until proven innocent,” even just to roll your intellectual dice but probably, again, because you actually radiant whiteness, like over-bleached chompers.
Yet, this is inherent ideology for someone such as yourself, no offense, who is white and does not understand the already tedious daily struggle to prove we are “legal’ and not criminals or drug dealers.
I assume you are not followed every time you go to Target, or get funny, frightened looks by simply walking around? Or pulled over for any little issue?
It is a common feeling amongst white people that, for some reason, believe they are entitled to this land above anyone else, even though, they are all descendants of immigrants. As Colbert said, “My great granddaddy didn’t come 4,000 miles to let this place get overrun by immigrants.”
But really, it’s a stupid fiscal move. I am Puerto Rican. The law insures me all the other 6 million Ricans won’t be visiting anytime soon. Not to mention anyone who even remotely looks Latino or who has brownish tones, brown eyes, black hair or likes tanning salons.
Yes, I am guilty as charged, Mr. Will. I am brown and breathing, I must have done something wrong. Or else why would God grant me this color?
And finally, found this to be borderline ridiculous:
How, exactly, are you any different?
This is not about borders or immigrants sir, it is about the mentality that permeates and makes difficult our daily existence and presence in this country. This law complicates our already complicated relationship with white America.
Yes, I may be at a distance but this effects ALL Hispanics. Sorry, but only a Hispanic can understand the distinction, not the whitest human being in this country, huh, George…Will?