Aaron, I have to ask, have you ever been to a St. Patrick’s Day Parade?
What about a Columbus Day Parade? Ever see any Italian flags there? What about the flags at Italian Resturants? Ever seen an Israeli flag at a Yom HaAtzmaut (Israeli Independence Day) Celebration? I have. Heck have you ever been to a “Little Siagon” area or seen a Catholic Church where they have the Vatican Flag? Why don’t you mention any of these?
There are two reasons I bring this up… first because this article strikes me as decidedly anti-Mexican, bigoted even. Secondly because the same sort of nativist, “know nothing” bigotry was directed against all those other groups I named at one time or another in American history. This is just the same “Know Nothing” “No Irish Need Apply” bigotry that brought us the KKK and the Chinese Exclusion Act, only with a slightly hipper wrap.
I had hoped that this sort of prejudiced crud went out the window when JFK was elected in 1960, but sadly it looks like I was wrong.
