Presidential Candidate McCain Issues Cinco De Mayo Message, Announces Attendance At La Raza Convention
Climacus May 5th, 2008
Found via Michelle Malkin: John McCain’s office issued a press release today with a statement regarding Cinco de Mayo and the Spanish-language version of his Web site, and announcing his attendance at the July 18 Convention of the racist organization La Raza.
Also today, Black Voice News reports that black teenagers in California are suffering from employment discrimination as a result of the normalization of a bilingual culture:
“I don’t think its discrimination. It’s more about catering to the customers who come through the door,” says Elva Gomez a former manager for Del Taco national food chain.
“Of course, you don’t have to learn to speak Spanish to get a job in a fast food restaurant, but in certain parts of the country, like San Bernardino, where you’ve got the impact of immigration, it certainly limits your chances of getting the job you want,” said Gomez.
“You better believe Black teens looking for summer jobs are feeling the impact of immigration,” said Gomez. “It’s worrisome because Blacks are suffering more from the invasion than whites because they (generally) have fewer resources with which to run away from immigration.”
“It’s a very stressful and difficult dilemma. Sometimes you feel like you’re straddling two nations, on one hand you strive for diversity, on the other you are forced to hire people who are best equipped to serve your core customer base. Sometimes that boils down to bilingual preferred,” says fast food manager Kevin Ellis who is biracial (Latino/Black) speaks some Spanish and does everything from hire workers to taking customer’s orders, cooking food, assembling sandwiches and handing orders to customers.
“I hate to sound so cynical,” but the American workplace is turning Spanish very fast. That requires you to learn another language in high school. That’s reality.” said Ellis.
Since McCain is doing his level best to turn off a such large segment of the country - those who are here legally and do not profit from the “invasion” - one has to wonder why another candidate does not step up to at least throw these voters a bone. In one of the debates, Hillary Clinton did actually acknowledge that American workers suffer from the influx of illegal labor. Why then does she not make the connection between A) the historic portion of the Democratic base which is suffering from illegal immigration, and B) the fact that John McCain is radioactive on this issue?
She could publicly change her mind or “clarify her position” on the issue. I think she would gain a torrent of support from both parties.
UPDATED: More on McCain’s courting of the racists.
[...] Read it and weep. Since McCain is doing his level best to turn off a such large segment of the country - those who are here legally and do not profit from the “invasion” - one has to wonder why another candidate does not step up to at least throw these voters a bone. [...]