tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post3550833796376368370..comments2024-02-21T03:20:21.898-08:00Comments on An Inch At A Time: Reflections on the Journey: Meanwhile, on the Immigration Reform Front:SUSAN RUSSELLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01795717638621668638noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post-68137129313588298482013-10-24T07:44:56.098-07:002013-10-24T07:44:56.098-07:00PS ... And for anyone interested in learning from ...PS ... And for anyone interested in learning from Dr. Valerie Batts about Modern Racism, her presentation is now on YouTube here:<br /><br />http://youtu.be/-wq14Xf7RM4<br /><br />Cheers!SUSAN RUSSELLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01795717638621668638noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post-23343490070231554862013-10-22T13:20:35.458-07:002013-10-22T13:20:35.458-07:00HIGHLY Recommended -- "Dismantling Modern Rac...HIGHLY Recommended -- "Dismantling Modern Racism" with Dr. Valerie Batts<br /><br />http://ascideas.org/2013/10/22/valerie-batts-dismantling-21st-century-racism/<br />SUSAN RUSSELLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01795717638621668638noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post-77680394848668491282013-10-19T14:03:40.904-07:002013-10-19T14:03:40.904-07:00The same party fighting immigration reform wants t...The same party fighting immigration reform wants to abolish the EPA, so it beggars belief to think that this party has any “ecological concerns” about California, or anywhere else. BTW immigrants didn’t cause the levies to fail during Hurricane Katrina, or the BP Gulf spill, or the Exxon disaster. Nor did they invent fracking. They do take care of our children, harvest our crops and clean our uffda51https://www.blogger.com/profile/11395027089123943228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post-55583977487087297972013-10-19T12:03:35.120-07:002013-10-19T12:03:35.120-07:00#1 -- I don't buy the assimilation trumps mult...#1 -- I don't buy the assimilation trumps multiculturalism premise. In my context the "polity" has done precisely the opposite ... rejecting the paradigm of entitlement and white privilege that presumed "assimilation" to someone else's cultural norms was a requirement for full citizenship. <br /><br />#2 -- unless you're a Native American, I don't believe you SUSAN RUSSELLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01795717638621668638noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post-83808298530976833242013-10-19T02:46:04.311-07:002013-10-19T02:46:04.311-07:00How do you address the ecological concerns especia...How do you address the ecological concerns especially in California where immigration is the prime factor in the massive increase in population and undercuts any native population stabilization? Already we are the third most populous nation behind China and India.<br /><br />And what of the negative implications for the poorest citizens with the impact of legalization advanced by the Senate bill.muscularshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11331866552322738018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post-66019773064480886362013-10-15T22:04:52.250-07:002013-10-15T22:04:52.250-07:00So here's the deal: I "moderate" the...So here's the deal: I "moderate" the comments on this blog, which means they wait in a kind of digital limbo after posting until I click "post" to publish them.<br /><br />I've been on vacation and haven't checked it in awhile ... <br /><br />And no, I do not believe we "lose character" as a nation if we have just immigration reform. I think we are who weSUSAN RUSSELLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01795717638621668638noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post-45321421899571010912013-10-12T22:50:06.375-07:002013-10-12T22:50:06.375-07:00What Gives? What Gives? Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16719208278395464264noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post-37722312817084134462013-10-11T15:02:53.012-07:002013-10-11T15:02:53.012-07:00Is there some technical problem? I have done 2 com...Is there some technical problem? I have done 2 comments on this post? Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16719208278395464264noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post-25972643314707415182013-10-11T15:02:49.342-07:002013-10-11T15:02:49.342-07:00Is there some technical problem? I have done 2 com...Is there some technical problem? I have done 2 comments on this post? Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16719208278395464264noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post-3156793928123481452013-10-11T00:35:25.817-07:002013-10-11T00:35:25.817-07:00Do your think we would lose character as a nation ...<br /><br />Do your think we would lose character as a nation if we were to have more 'open' borders? Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16719208278395464264noreply@blogger.com