Thursday, 11 March 2010

Pro and Anti Latino Immigration

http://news.feetintwoworlds.org/2009/11/09/pro-immigrant-demonstrators-and-hispanic-media-confront-sheriff-arpaio-on-visit-to-southern-california/
My first website focusing on a pro-Latino immigration view 'telling the stories of todays immigrants' looks at a situation in which pro-immigrant protestors confront this 'Sherriff Arpaio' over his 'aggressive tactics' towards what the website calls 'undocumented immigrants'. It is interesting from the start how the website refuses to use the word 'illegal' in identifying the immigrants. The video clip on the website shows the protests and looks in on the poster's branding sherriff Arpaio as one of the 'KKK', yet the protests seem almost celebratory as there seems to be music playing in Latino style. The posters seem to suggest anger, yet anger is not really what comes through in the people. The ageing white Sherriff, seems to be the one getting frustrated by the protests, yet he maintains his view that the 'people like what (he's) doing'.

http://www.scpr.org/news/2010/02/08/immigration-activists-concerned-about-anti-latino-/
My second website is from the Southern California Public radio. It sits on the fence over the matter, and draws in many comments from the American public, on its comment board.
It looks at the issues of the 'growing Latino sentiment in the Tea Party crowd'. It is interesting to look at the various comments on the board, most being anti-immigration. One comment from a Mexican-American interestingly supports the idea of closing the border, emphasising the fact that they are 'overstretched' due to this growing number of immigration. Another comment brands illegal immigrants 'aliens'. There is very much a growing fear amongst what is for now the white majority.

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