tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2810256320819415173.post1298131161027472527..comments2023-10-02T04:29:03.664-07:00Comments on malcolm beith: arIZoNAmalcolm beithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11572047139102249019noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2810256320819415173.post-24216688469757788202010-04-30T10:24:13.090-07:002010-04-30T10:24:13.090-07:00Yeah I think it has already happened Malcomb, the ...Yeah I think it has already happened Malcomb, the Arizona anti Mexican #1070 is just the one of the many signs of creeping fascism. <br />I mean why is there even any debate about 1070? It's racial profiling and unconstitutional on it's face. And the arguments from "white" US citizens and the talking heads that this isn't a racist proposition or that it isn't singling out a specific group is lucicrous and scary.<br />I really began to notice the pissed off white group think around the time of Pres Ronald Reagun who gave voice to the white population and thier grief and confusion after the loss of the Vietnam War, the passing of Civil Rights laws, Black people and other minorities speaking out and standing up for thier rights in court and in the media.<br />Then the first Iraq Invasion and the jubilation from the country over that adventure was frightening, the chest pounding, the blatant jingoism seemed a celebration of USA Imperialist power after Vietnam. Then we had the spectacle around the world of Rodney King getting the shit beat out him by rascist goons from the LAPD and shockingly the reaction by white America that this was somehow OK and they blamed the media for bringing it to our attention so often. This was followed by the LA riots that were a reaction to the not guilty verdict from the white jury in the King affair. This scared and angered the white power structure even more.<br />THen we had the OJ trial and again the country became racially divided and to this day white people are furious and incoherent when speaking of that nationally televised debacle.<br />The nation was very much being divided along racial and ethnic lines and the rise of the Mexican American in politics and popular culture.<br />The majority white population of the USA felt threatened and embattled by all this multiculturism and when George Bush/Cheney ran for the presidency they used this white fear and loss perfectly. 911 and the Iraq invasion brought it all together for a while and the military "victory" in the Middle East again galvanized the white folks of America.<br />But when it all started coming apart and the abuses and outright criminal acts on the part of the Bush/Cheney administration became obvious there was some hope that sanity would return over the land.This was not to be, as the appeal of Bush/Cheney a to white America to vote based on race and culture won the day again. I'll never forget a friend, a white man, an architect, a democrat, told me in all candor "You know I realize that Bush is an evil prick but when I as a white man came to vote in that secret voting booth, I acted like a white man and voted for Bush".<br />When President Obama was elected, the fear and loathing and feelings of loss by many people in white population became almost palpable. THe blatant racism and xenophobia against Latinos and Mexicans in particular has now brought the USA to a crisis. People like the rascists in Arizona are willing to throw out the US Constitution and Bill of Rights to protect themselves and thier race from the ugly specter of multi culturism and the sharing of power with anyone.<br />The lack of outrage and indeed even applause for such a blatant racially and ethnic explicit action in the form of Arizona's 1070 by many in the white population is fearsome.<br />What will happen next in this racially and culturally charged atmosphere of hate and vitriol is anybodys guess now.don quixotehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07482906521627114480noreply@blogger.com