Please take the time to read the following...and while doing so substitute the words "illegal alien" for "Jews" or any other reference to Semitics. Keep an open mind-if you do so, you will see the shocking similarities between the Nazi policy towards Jews, and the ultra-Right Wing policies towards illegals-and please note how closely the text in bold is related to recent discussion of illegals in the United States. Remember, this is about how we are treating them collectively, as well as treating Hispanics in general, regardless of their immigration status:
Between 1933 and 1934, Nazi policy was fairly moderate, not wishing to scare off voters or moderately minded politicians (although the program was established as early as July 1933).[On August 25, 1933, the Nazis even signed the with to allow German Jews to emigrate to Palestine—by 1939, 60,000 German Jews had emigrated there. The Nazi Party used anti-semitic views to gain votes. Using the "stab-in-the-back legend", they blamed poverty, the Hyperinflation in the Weimar Republic, unemployment, and the loss of World War I by the "November Criminals" all on the Jews, Marxists and 'cultural Bolsheviks'. German woes were attributed to the effects of the were attributed to the effects of the Treaty of Versailles. In 1933,persecution of the Jews became active Nazi policy. This was at first hindered by the lack of agreement on who qualified as a Jew as opposed to an Aryan, which caused legislators to balk at an anti-Semitic law for its ill-defined terms. Bernhard Lösener described it "total chaos", with local authorities regarding anything from full Jewish background to 1/8 Jewish blood defining a Jew; Achim Gercke urged 1/16 Jewish blood. Mischlinge were especially problematic in their eyes.] The first anti-Semitic law was promulgated with no clear definition of Jew. Finally, the decision was made for three or four Jewish grandparents; two or one rendered a person a Mischlinge. It only became worse with the years, culminating in the Holocaust, or so-called "Final Solution", which was made official at the January 1942 Wannsee Conference.
On April 1, 1933, the Nazi boycott of Jewish businesses was observed throughout Germany. Only six days later, the Law for the Restoration of the Professional Civil Service was passed, banning Jews from government jobs. It is notable that the proponents of this law, and the several thousand more that were to follow, most frequently explained them as necessary to prevent the infiltration of damaging, "alien-type" (Artfremd) hereditary traits into the German national or racial community(Volksgemeinschaft). These laws meant that Jews were now indirectly and directly dissuaded or banned from privileged and superior positions reserved for "Aryan Germans". From then on, Jews were forced to work at more menial positions, becoming second-class citizens or to the point they were "illegally residing" in Nazi Germany.
I will rewrite the whole thing while editing out Jews and references to them and replacing it with Hispanics and Illegal Aliens, replace Nazi with Republican, and Germany with the United States, while keeping the message intact. I will replace references to treaties with those of Mexico, and replace the "migration of Jews to Palestine" with the forced deportation of 1.2 million American citizens of Mexican descent during the "Mexican Repatriation Act" of the 1930's. The result you will see is almost identical to the current Right Wing Republican view on "Immigration Reform", drawn out over a much greater time period than the Nazis with the Jews but the same nevertheless.
This intolerance towards Hispanics is the main reason that, unless they make drastic changes in their perception of Hispanics in general, they will never get the votes and support of this voting block of 16.7%, - 52 million votes, They form the second largest ethnic group after non-Hispanic White Americans and are the largest minority group in the United States. As in the last election, this voting block has the ability to select the President. George Bush received the highest percentage of the Hispanic vote in history, and this was one of the major reasons he won.
Here is a Republican link saying the exact same thing:
resurgentrepublic.com
If you want to win, change your attitudes towards Hispanics...and open your minds. Practice compassion and tolerance. |
